Total solar eclipse
March 8, 2016 in Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
A total Solar Eclipse takes place on March 08, 2016. It will have a magnitude of 1.0450 that will be visible across an area of Pacific Ocean, beginning at Indonesia, and ending at northern Pacific Ocean. A partial solar eclipse can be seen from Southeastern Asia, Korea, Japan, Eastern Russia, Alaska, Northwestern Australia, Hawaii and the Pacific.
If viewed from east of the international date line, for instance from Hawaii, the eclipse will take place on March 8, (local time). Unfortunately, the Indonesian region is prone to a 60-70% likelihood of cloud cover in March; prospects are slightly better eastward, in the relevant Pacific Islands.
It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 37 seconds on June 30, 1601.
A total eclipse occurs when the dark silhouette of the Moon completely obscures the intensely bright light of the Sun, allowing the much fainter solar corona to be visible. During any one eclipse, totality occurs at best only in a narrow track on the surface of Earth. (With material from: Wikipedia)
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