Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
| Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.333 |
| Magnitude | 0.9736 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 3m 6s |
| Coordinates | 10.7S 37.8E |
| Max. width of band | 100 km |
| 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 partially 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, 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 thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses[edit]
Solar eclipses from 2016-2018[edit]
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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||
Metonic series[edit]
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 |
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References[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Annual solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
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