Total Solar Eclipse 9 March 2016

 

The total solar eclipse of 9 March 2016 will take place in Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean. It will cross Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan), and Celebes (Sulawesi). On the Pacific totality will be up to 4 minutes and 9 seconds.

The eclipse is 10 years minus 20 days (123 lunations) after the great eclipse of 29 March 2006. Series of eclipses separated 123 lunations usually have only 4 to 6 events. This one is part of a series that includes 17 April 1996 (partial), 29 March 2006 (total), 9 March 2016 (total) and 17 February 2026 (annular).

The path can be downloaded in Google Earth format. Save the file with a  *.kml extension.
 



Source: Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC

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