Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
Introduction 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.
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Images Eclipse 20160901 Composition2.jpg|Composition images from L'Étang-Salé, RéunionEclipse du 1er sept 2016 - la phase maximale (29122380110).jpg|Annularity progression from Les Avirons, RéunionEclipse Roy Johnson (34700864866).jpg|Partial from Walvis Bay, Namibia, 7:15 UTCKalemie, Province du Tanganyika, RD Congo L’éclipse solaire annulaire annoncée pour le jeudi 1er septembre 2016 a été aperçue dans la matinée au-dessus de la ville de Kalemie. (29320564952).jpg|From Kalemie, DR Congo, 7:46 UTCPartial Solar Eclipse (29096453620).jpg|Partial from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 9:35 UTCFile:Partial Solar Eclipse 1 September 2016 From Jakarta, Indonesia.jpg|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 ====== 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 2100:272829150pxApr 24, 1800150pxMay 5, 1818150pxMay 15, 1836303132150pxMay 26, 1854150pxJun 6, 1872150pxJun 17, 1890333435150pxJun 28, 1908150pxJul 9, 1926150pxJul 20, 1944363738150pxJul 31, 1962150pxAug 10, 1980150pxAug 22, 1998394041150pxSep 1, 2016150pxSep 12, 2034150pxSep 22, 20524243150pxOct 4, 2070150pxOct 14, 2088=== Metonic series ===
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References *  Annular solar eclipse of September 1, 2016