Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

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Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
Total Solar Eclipse, 9 March 2016, from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.JPG
Totality with Baily's beads from Balikpapan, Indonesia
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.2609
Magnitude 1.045
Maximum eclipse
Duration249 s (4 min 9 s)
Coordinates 10°06′N148°48′E / 10.1°N 148.8°E / 10.1; 148.8
Max. width of band155 km (96 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:58:19
References
Saros 130 (52 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9543

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Tuesday, March 8 and Wednesday, March 9, 2016, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] with a magnitude of 1.045. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's and the apparent path of the Sun and Moon intersect, blocking all direct sunlight and turning daylight into darkness; the Sun appears to be black with a halo around it. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.25 days before perigee (on March 10, 2016, at 7:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. [6]

Contents

Totality was visible from parts of Indonesia, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia, Alaska, northwestern Australia, and Hawaii. If viewed from east of the International Date Line (for instance from Hawaii), the eclipse took place on March 8 (Tuesday) (local time) and elsewhere on March 9 (Wednesday). [7]

The eclipse was clearly visible in many parts of Indonesia, including Central Sulawesi and Ternate, but obscured by clouds and smokes in Palembang, the largest city on the path of totality. [8] [9] The eclipse coincided with Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia and the end of the Balinese saka calendar. Because Nyepi is normally a day of silence, Muslims in Bali had to be given special dispensation to attend special prayer services during the eclipse. [10]

Path of the eclipse

On March 9, 2016, a large area of the Pacific, covering Indonesia, Borneo, but also large parts of Southeast Asia and Australia, witnessed a partial solar eclipse. It was total in multiple islands of Indonesia, three atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia (Eauripik, Woleai and Ifalik) and the central Pacific, starting at sunrise over Sumatra and ending at sunset north of Hawaii. In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the totality exceeded a duration of more than 4 minutes. [11] ed, and much of East Asia witnessed more than 50% partial eclipse. [11] [12]

The largest city along the path of totality was Palembang in southern Sumatra (423 km (263 mi) from Jakarta and 478 km (297 mi) from Singapore). [9]

In order to watch the total solar eclipse, Alaska Airlines adjusted the flight plan for Flight 870. The flight passed through the umbral shadow about 695 miles (1,118 km) north of Hawaii. [13]

Maps

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Animation assembled from 13 images acquired by NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera atop the DSCOVR satellite.
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Path of the eclipse in Southeast Asia
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Path of the eclipse in Indonesia

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [14]

March 9, 2016 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2016 March 08 at 23:20:28.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2016 March 09 at 00:17:05.3 UTC
First Central Line2016 March 09 at 00:17:51.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2016 March 09 at 00:18:37.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2016 March 09 at 01:18:48.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2016 March 09 at 01:55:37.5 UTC
Greatest Duration2016 March 09 at 01:57:59.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2016 March 09 at 01:58:19.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2016 March 09 at 02:06:49.1 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2016 March 09 at 08:37:36.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2016 March 09 at 03:37:53.0 UTC
Last Central Line2016 March 09 at 03:38:40.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2016 March 09 at 03:39:28.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2016 March 09 at 04:36:03.3 UTC
March 9, 2016 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.04499
Eclipse Obscuration1.09200
Gamma0.26092
Sun Right Ascension23h19m17.6s
Sun Declination-04°22'46.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'06.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension23h18m58.7s
Moon Declination-04°07'40.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'33.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'46.2"
ΔT68.1 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of March 2016
March 9
Descending node (new moon)
 March 23
Ascending node (full moon)
SE2016Mar09T.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2016Mar23.png
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 130		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 142

Eclipses in 2016

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 130

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2015–18

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. [15]

The partial solar eclipse on July 13, 2018 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015 to 2018
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120
Total solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 by Damien Deltenre (licensed for free use). (32844461616).jpg
Totality in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 		March 20, 2015
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Total		0.94536125
Double Photobomb (21389400576).jpg
Solar Dynamics Observatory
September 13, 2015
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Partial		−1.10039
130
Total Solar Eclipse, 9 March 2016, from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.JPG
Balikpapan, Indonesia 		March 9, 2016
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Total		0.26092135
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Annularity in L'Étang-Salé, Réunion 		September 1, 2016
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Annular		−0.33301
140
26-feb-2017 solar ecipse.jpg
Partial from Buenos Aires, Argentina 		February 26, 2017
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Annular		−0.45780145
2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ201708210100) - square crop.jpg
Totality in Madras, OR, USA 		August 21, 2017
Solar eclipse global visibility 2017Aug21T.png
Total		0.43671
150
Eclipse Solar Parcial - 15.02.2018 - Olivos, GBA (Argentina).jpg
Partial in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina 		February 15, 2018
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Partial		−1.21163155
2018.08.11 1214Z C8F6 Solar Eclipse (43976490201).jpg
Partial in Huittinen, Finland 		August 11, 2018
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Partial		1.14758

Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [16]

Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200:
414243
SE1817Nov09T.gif
November 9, 1817		 SE1835Nov20T.gif
November 20, 1835		 SE1853Nov30T.gif
November 30, 1853
444546
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December 12, 1871 		SE1889Dec22T.png
December 22, 1889 		SE1908Jan03T.png
January 3, 1908
474849
SE1926Jan14T.png
January 14, 1926 		SE1944Jan25T.png
January 25, 1944 		SE1962Feb05T.png
February 5, 1962
505152
SE1980Feb16T.png
February 16, 1980 		SE1998Feb26T.png
February 26, 1998 		SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
535455
SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2052Mar30T.png
March 30, 2052 		SE2070Apr11T.png
April 11, 2070
565758
SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088 		SE2106May03T.png
May 3, 2106		 SE2124May14T.png
May 14, 2124
596061
SE2142May25T.png
May 25, 2142		 SE2160Jun04T.png
June 4, 2160		 SE2178Jun16T.png
June 16, 2178
62
SE2196Jun26T.png
June 26, 2196

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069
May 20–21March 9December 25–26October 13–14August 1–2
118120122124126
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May 21, 1993 		SE1997Mar09T.png
March 9, 1997 		SE2000Dec25P.png
December 25, 2000 		SE2004Oct14P.png
October 14, 2004 		SE2008Aug01T.png
August 1, 2008
128130132134136
SE2012May20A.png
May 20, 2012 		SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016 		SE2019Dec26A.png
December 26, 2019 		SE2023Oct14A.png
October 14, 2023 		SE2027Aug02T.png
August 2, 2027
138140142144146
SE2031May21A.png
May 21, 2031 		SE2035Mar09A.png
March 9, 2035 		SE2038Dec26T.png
December 26, 2038 		SE2042Oct14A.png
October 14, 2042 		SE2046Aug02T.png
August 2, 2046
148150152154156
SE2050May20H.png
May 20, 2050 		SE2054Mar09P.png
March 9, 2054 		SE2057Dec26T.png
December 26, 2057 		SE2061Oct13A.png
October 13, 2061 		SE2065Aug02P.png
August 2, 2065
158
SE2069May20P.png
May 20, 2069

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1808Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)		 SE1819Sep19Pe.gif
September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)		 SE1830Aug18P.gif
August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)		 SE1841Jul18P.gif
July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)		 SE1852Jun17P.gif
June 17, 1852
(Saros 115)
SE1863May17P.gif
May 17, 1863
(Saros 116)		 SE1874Apr16T.png
April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)		 SE1885Mar16A.gif
March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)		 SE1896Feb13A.png
February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)		 SE1907Jan14T.png
January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)
SE1917Dec14A.png
December 14, 1917
(Saros 121)		 SE1928Nov12P.png
November 12, 1928
(Saros 122)		 SE1939Oct12T.png
October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)		 SE1950Sep12T.png
September 12, 1950
(Saros 124)		 SE1961Aug11A.png
August 11, 1961
(Saros 125)
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July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)		 SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983
(Saros 127)		 SE1994May10A.png
May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)		 SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)		 SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)
SE2027Feb06A.png
February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)		 SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)		 SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)		 SE2059Nov05A.png
November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)		 SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)
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September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)		 SE2092Aug03A.png
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)		 SE2103Jul04A.png
July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)		 SE2114Jun03T.png
June 3, 2114
(Saros 139)		 SE2125May03A.png
May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)
SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)		 SE2147Mar02T.png
March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)		 SE2158Jan30A.png
January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)		 SE2168Dec29A.png
December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)		 SE2179Nov28T.png
November 28, 2179
(Saros 145)
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October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1813Jul27T.gif
July 27, 1813
(Saros 123)		 SE1842Jul08T.png
July 8, 1842
(Saros 124)		 SE1871Jun18A.gif
June 18, 1871
(Saros 125)
SE1900May28T.png
May 28, 1900
(Saros 126)		 SE1929May09T.png
May 9, 1929
(Saros 127)		 SE1958Apr19A.png
April 19, 1958
(Saros 128)
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March 29, 1987
(Saros 129)		 SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)		 SE2045Feb16A.png
February 16, 2045
(Saros 131)
SE2074Jan27A.png
January 27, 2074
(Saros 132)		 SE2103Jan08T.png
January 8, 2103
(Saros 133)		 SE2131Dec19A.png
December 19, 2131
(Saros 134)
SE2160Nov27A.png
November 27, 2160
(Saros 135)		 SE2189Nov08T.png
November 8, 2189
(Saros 136)

Notes

  1. ↑ "March 8–9, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ↑ St Fleur, Nicholas (March 11, 2016). "This Week's Other Solar Eclipse" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ "Lucky Airline Passengers to See Total Solar Eclipse From Plane". ABC News.
  4. ↑ Rao, Joe (March 10, 2016). "'Tornado of Darkness': We Saw the Total Solar Eclipse from a Plane (Video)". Space.com.
  5. ↑ Marletta, Gianrigo. "Total solar eclipse sweeps across Indonesia". phys.org.
  6. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Espenak, Fred. "Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths: 2001 – 2020". Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. NASA . Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  8. ↑ Graham, Chris (March 10, 2016). "Solar eclipse sweeps across Asia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  9. 1 2 Graham Jones (November 15, 2015). "'Completely Off the Charts': Indonesia Prepares for March 9 Eclipse". Jakata Globe. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Do's and Don'ts on Nyepi: Religious Leaders in Bali Issue Guidelines for Nyepi Observance on March 9, 2016". Bali Discovery Tours. February 20, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  11. 1 2 Ade Ashford (March 8, 2016). "Get ready for the 9 March total solar eclipse". Astronomy Now. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ PTI (March 9, 2016). "Part of total solar eclipse seen in India". Economic Times. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ Cosgrove, Cole (7 March 2016). "Chasing the shadow of the moon: To intercept eclipse, Alaska Airlines adjusts flight plan to delight astronomers". Alaska Airlines.
  14. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2016 Mar 09". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 4, 2089, with a magnitude of 1.0333. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908</span> Total eclipse

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 23, 1908, with a magnitude of 1.0024. It was a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at the start and end as an annular eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.1 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944</span> Total eclipse

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 25, 1944, with a magnitude of 1.0428. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only about 20 hours before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944</span> 20th-century annular solar eclipse

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, July 20, 1944, with a magnitude of 0.97. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.6 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

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