Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016

Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016

Annular eclipse
From L'Étang-Salé, Réunion
Map
Gamma	−0.333
Magnitude	0.9736
Maximum eclipse
Duration	186 s (3 min 6 s)
Coordinates	10°42′S 37°48′E / 10.7°S 37.8°E / -10.7; 37.8
Max. width of band	100 km (62 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	9:08:02
References
Saros	135 (39 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9544
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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, September 1, 2016,^[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.9736. 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. Occurring about 5.4 days before apogee (on September 6, 2016, at 19:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[5]

Annularity was visible from parts of Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Réunion. A partial eclipse was visible for most of Africa and parts of Antarctica.