| Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2609 |
| Magnitude | 1.045 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 4m 9s |
| Coordinates | 10.1N 148.8E |
| Max. width of band | 155 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 1:58:19 |
| References | |
| Saros | 130 (52 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9543 |
A total solar eclipse will take place on March 9, 2016. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
It will have a magnitude of 1.0450 that will be visible across an area of Pacific Ocean, beginning at Indonesia, and ending at northern Pacific Ocean.[1]
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| 120 | March 20, 2015 Total |
125 | September 13, 2015 Partial |
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| 130 | March 9, 2016 Total |
135 | September 1, 2016 Annular |
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| 140 | February 26, 2017 Annular |
145 | August 21, 2017 Total |
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| 150 | February 15, 2018 Partial |
155 | August 11, 2018 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018 and January 6, 2019 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 37 seconds on June 30, 1601.[2]
Series members 46-56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
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January 3, 1908 |
January 14, 1926 |
January 25, 1944 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
February 5, 1962 |
February 16, 1980 |
February 26, 1998 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
March 9, 2016 |
March 20, 2034 |
March 30, 2052 |
| 55 | 56 | |
April 11, 2070 |
April 21, 2088 |
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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069.
| May 20-21 | March 9 | December 25-26 | October 13-14 | August 1-2 |
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| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
May 21, 1993 |
March 9, 1997 |
December 25, 2000 |
October 14, 2004 |
August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
May 20, 2012 |
March 9, 2016 |
December 26, 2019 |
October 14, 2023 |
August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 |
March 9, 2035 |
December 26, 2038 |
October 14, 2042 |
August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 20, 2050 |
March 9, 2054 |
December 26, 2057 |
October 13, 2061 |
August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
May 20, 2069 |
