Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

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Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
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classification
Type Total
area East Asia , Australia , Pacific
Total: Sumatra , Borneo , Sulawesi , Pacific
Saros cycle 130 (52 of 73)
Gamma value 0.2604
Greatest eclipse
Duration 4 minutes 10 seconds
place North pacific
location 10 ° 7 '  N , 148 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 10 ° 7 '  N , 148 ° 48'  E
time March 9, 2016 01:57:10   UT
size 1.0450

The total solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 was essentially visible over the Pacific Ocean . The totality could be observed in Indonesia and Micronesia , in its partial phase the eclipse could be seen in China , India , Southeast Asia , Northern Australia and Alaska .

course

The umbra first reached Earth in the Indian Ocean . The total was almost two minutes when the shadow path first reached the mainland on the islands of Pagai Utara (North Pagai) and Pagai Selatan (South Pagai) off Indonesia . Subsequently, the shadow path crossed the south of Sumatra , whereby in Palembang a totality of exactly two minutes could be observed. Then the umbra passed over the Java Sea and also the island of Belitung and reached the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sulawesi . Halmahera was the last island in the Indonesian archipelago to be swept by the umbra before the eclipse path crossed the Pacific Northeast. On Halmahera the totality lasted more than three minutes.

The eclipse path passed Hawaii 1000 kilometers north , from where a coverage of 62 percent could be seen, the setting sun was still 12 degrees above the horizon.

World map of the solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 Detail map of the solar eclipse in Indonesia Detailed map of the eclipse path in Indonesia. Eclipse2016 Android App / Geodata from OpenStreetMap

Significant places in the realm of darkness

The following table contains the contact times for Selected Places where the solar eclipse can be seen.

place Beginning of
partial eclipse		 Beginning of totality End totality End of
partial darkness		 Time zone
Palembang, Indonesia 06:20:29 07:20:48 07:22:41 08:31:27 UTC + 7h
Jakarta, Java, Indonesia 06:19:51 only partially only partially 08:43:41 UTC + 7h
Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia 07:27:51 08:37:47 08:39:52 10:00:34 UTC + 8h
Pulau Ternate, Indonesia 08:36:03 09:51:40 09:54:19 11:20:50 UTC + 9h
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 07:24:22 only partially only partially 09:31:00 UTC + 8h
Singapore 07:23:01 only partially only partially 09:32:54 UTC + 8h
Manila, Philippines 07:51:14 only partially only partially 10:14:20 UTC + 8h
Bangkok, Thailand 06:39:03 only partially only partially 08:32:39 UTC + 7h
Darwin, Australia 09:07:29 only partially only partially 11:35:00 UTC + 9.5h
Yap Island, Micronesia, March 9th 10:02:49 only partially only partially 13:01:48 UTC + 10h
Hawaii, USA, March 8th 16:36:52 only partially only partially 18:30:06 UTC-10h

Weather outlook

Since Sumatra and Borneo have tropical climates , there was only a ten percent chance there in March that the eclipse would be observable. The prospects in Sulawesi were only slightly better .

Observations

On Sumatra, the clouds made it impossible to observe the totality. In Palembang , the view was also clouded by thick clouds of smoke from a factory. On the other hand, totality could be observed on the other islands. For example in Sigi Biromaru and Luwuk in the province of Central Sulawesi and on the island of Ternate . Partial visibility was also partially impaired, with Hawaii , Tokyo and Hong Kong missing out, while large parts of Asia from Myanmar to Thailand , Java to Darwin in Australia had good visibility.

Impressions

  • Partial eclipse of the sun in Singapore

  • Totally eclipsed sun in Balikpapan , Indonesia

  • Partial eclipse of the sun in Nonthaburi , Thailand

  • Partial eclipse of the sun in Hefei , China

  • Partial eclipse of the sun in East Timor

literature

  • Wolfgang Held: Solar and lunar eclipses and the most important astronomical constellations up to 2017. Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7725-2231-9 .

Web links

Commons : Solar eclipse of March 9th, 2016  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [Sriwijaya Post: 'Total Solar Eclipse in Palembang "Closed" by Smoke-Waste' http://palembang.tribunnews.com/2016/03/09/total-solar-eclipse-closed-by-smoke-waste ]
  2. ↑ [The Telegraph: 'Solar eclipse sweeps across Asia: see the incredible images as thousands flock to Indonesia for spectacle' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/12188350/Total-solar- eclipse-in-Indonesia-asia-live.html ]