What the records say
- When
- 9 Mar 2016
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 10.10° N, 148.80° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016.
Summary
The 2016 total solar eclipse could be seen in every Southeast Asian countries. The totality could only be seen in West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi, Bangka Belitung, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi and North Maluku. Festivals and celebrations were held around the country, particularly in the area the total eclipse hit.
Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
Total eclipse
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Tuesday, March 8 and Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 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.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “كسوف شمسي كلي يمكن رؤيته في أندونيسيا وولايات ميكرونيسيا المتحدة”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2016年3月9日日食，由於此次日食經過赤道地區，當地天氣較佳，因此受到東南亞地區民眾與媒體關注。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page