Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016 | |
---|---|
![]() From L'Étang-Salé, Réunion | |
![]() 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 occurred 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. 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
Annularity progression from Les Avirons, Réunion
Partial from Walvis Bay, Namibia, 7:15 UTC
From Kalemie, DR Congo, 7:46 UTC
Partial from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 9:35 UTC
Partial from Jakarta, Indonesia, 10:33 UTC
Related eclipses[]
Eclipses of 2016[]
- A total solar eclipse on March 9.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 23.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 18.
- An annular solar eclipse on September 1.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 16.
Solar eclipses ascending node 2015-2018[]
- Saros 125: Partial Solar Eclipse September 13, 2015
- Saros 135: Annular Solar Eclipse September 1, 2016
- Saros 145: Total Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
- Saros 155: Partial Solar Eclipse August 11, 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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120![]() Longyearbyen, Svalbard |
2015 March 20![]() Total |
0.9453 | 125![]() Solar Dynamics Observatory |
2015 September 13 ![]() Partial |
-1.1004 | |
130 Balikpapan, Indonesia |
2016 March 9![]() Total |
0.2609 | 135![]() L'Étang-Salé, Réunion |
2016 September 1![]() Annular |
-0.3330 | |
140![]() Partial from Buenos Aires |
2017 February 26![]() Annular |
-0.4578 | 145![]() Casper, Wyoming |
2017 August 21![]() Total |
0.4367 | |
150![]() Partial from Olivos, Buenos Aires |
2018 February 15![]() Partial |
-1.2117 | 155![]() Partial from Huittinen, Finland |
2018 August 11![]() Partial |
1.1476 | |
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.
Series members 27–43 occur between 1800 and 2100: | ||
---|---|---|
27 | 28 | 29 |
![]() Apr 24, 1800 |
![]() May 5, 1818 |
![]() May 15, 1836 |
30 | 31 | 32 |
![]() May 26, 1854 |
![]() Jun 6, 1872 |
![]() Jun 17, 1890 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
![]() Jun 28, 1908 |
![]() Jul 9, 1926 |
![]() Jul 20, 1944 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
![]() Jul 31, 1962 |
![]() Aug 10, 1980 |
![]() Aug 22, 1998 |
39 | 40 | 41 |
![]() Sep 1, 2016 |
![]() Sep 12, 2034 |
![]() Sep 22, 2052 |
42 | 43 | |
![]() Oct 4, 2070 |
![]() Oct 14, 2088 |
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[]
- ^ 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[]
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 2016 September 1. |
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Annular solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
- Annular solar eclipses
- 2016 in science
- 21st-century solar eclipses
- September 2016 events
- Solar eclipse stubs