Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016

Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.333
Magnitude 0.9736
Maximum eclipse
Duration 186 sec (3 m 6 s)
Coordinates 10°42′S 37°48′E / 10.7°S 37.8°E
Max. width of band 100 km (62 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 9:08:02
References
Saros 135 (39 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9544

An annular solar eclipse will occur on September 1, 2016. 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.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses from 2016-2018

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
120

Longyearbyen, Norway
March 20, 2015

Total
125September 13, 2015

Partial
130March 9, 2016

Total
135September 1, 2016

Annular
140February 26, 2017

Annular
145August 21, 2017

Total
150February 15, 2018

Partial
155August 11, 2018

Partial
Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series.

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).

This series has 21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058.

June 21 April 8-9 January 26 November 13-14 September 1-2
117 119 121 123 125

June 21, 1982

April 9, 1986

January 26, 1990

November 13, 1993

September 2, 1997
127 129 131 133 135

June 21, 2001

April 8, 2005

January 26, 2009

November 13, 2012

September 1, 2016
137 139 141 143 145

June 21, 2020

April 8, 2024

January 26, 2028

November 14, 2031

September 2, 2035
147 149 151 153 155

June 21, 2039

April 9, 2043

January 26, 2047

November 14, 2050

September 2, 2054
157

June 21, 2058

Notes

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