Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 47 umbral eclipses (11 total, 4 hybrid, 32 annular). The first eclipse in this series was on 16 April 1512 and the last will be on 1 June 2774. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 26 February 2017 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 9 March 2035. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692 while the longest annular eclipse will be 7 minutes 35 seconds on 15 November 2449. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 133.

[January 3, 1927 event

from Buenos Aires, Argentina Partiality from annular event Series member 24 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Eclipse///solar///-///Buenos///Aires///-///1927.jpg]

[February 26, 2017 event

from Buenos Aires, Argentina Partiality from annular event Series member 29 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/26-feb-2017///solar///ecipse.jpg]

Umbral eclipses

Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 140 appears in the following table.

All eclipses

Note: Dates are given in the Julian calendar prior to 15 October 1582, and in the Gregorian calendar after that.