Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016

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Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:08:02
References
Saros135 (39 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9544

An annular

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. In this case, annularity was observed in Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Reunion
.

Visibility

Animated Path

Images

  • Composition images from L'Étang-Salé, Réunion
    Composition images from L'Étang-Salé, Réunion
  • Annularity progression from Les Avirons, Réunion
    Annularity progression from Les Avirons, Réunion
  • Partial from Walvis Bay, Namibia, 7:15 UTC
    Partial from
    Walvis Bay, Namibia
    , 7:15 UTC
  • From Kalemie, DR Congo, 7:46 UTC
    From Kalemie, DR Congo, 7:46 UTC
  • Partial from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 9:35 UTC
    Partial from
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
    , 9:35 UTC
  • Partial from Jakarta, Indonesia, 10:33 UTC
    Partial from Jakarta, Indonesia, 10:33 UTC

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2016

Solar eclipses ascending node 2015-2018

Solar eclipses from 2015 to 2018

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.[4]

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

Longyearbyen, Svalbard
2015 March 20

Total
0.94536 125

Solar Dynamics Observatory

2015 September 13

Partial (south)
−1.10039
130

Balikpapan, Indonesia
2016 March 9

Total
0.26092 135

L'Étang-Salé, Réunion
2016 September 1

Annular
−0.33301
140

Partial from Buenos Aires
2017 February 26

Annular
−0.45780 145

Casper, Wyoming
2017 August 21

Total
0.43671
150

Partial from Olivos, Buenos Aires
2018 February 15

Partial (south)
−1.21163 155

Partial from Huittinen, Finland
2018 August 11

Partial (north)
1.14758

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

Saros 135

It is a part of Saros cycle 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331. It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511 through February 24, 2305, hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323 and March 18, 2341 and total eclipses from March 29, 2359 through May 22, 2449. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593. The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431.

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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21 April 8–9 January 26 November 13–14 September 1–2
107 109 111 113 115
June 21, 1963 April 9, 1967 January 26, 1971 November 14, 1974 September 2, 1978
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

  1. ^ Wall, Mike (August 31, 2016). "See a 'Ring of Fire' Annular Solar Eclipse Thursday Via Slooh Webcast". Space.com.
  2. ^ "'Ring of fire' eclipse for African stargazers". phys.org.
  3. ^ Bowerman, Mary. "Stunning images of 'Ring of Fire' eclipse over Africa". USA TODAY.
  4. ^ 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.

References