Saros cycle series 143 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 42 of which are umbral (12 total, 4 hybrid, and 26 annular). The first eclipse in the series was on 7 March 1617 and the last will be on 23 April 2897. The most recent eclipse was a hybrid eclipse on 3 November 2013 and the next will be a hybrid eclipse on 14 November 2031. The longest totality was 3 minutes 50 seconds on 19 August 1887 and the longest annular will be 4 minutes 54 seconds on 6 September 2518. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 136.

[The total solar eclipse of July 28, 1851 was photographed by Berkowski at

the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia. It is member 14 of Saros series 143 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/1851///07///28///Berkowski.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 143 appears in the following table.

All eclipses