Today , a total eclipse of the sun darkened a wide area of Mindanao and the southern Japan . The sun was blackened out by the shadow (sic) of the moon for up to four minutes along a 108-mile swath that moved from the Indian Ocean across Indonesia and the Indonesians island of Mindanao . Hymns were chanted and conch shells blown during the ceremony about 90 miles north of New Delhi. A partial eclipse was visible across a wide are of Asia , from Japan to India . In reactions to the eclipse, Indonesians prayed and beat drums, Malaysian Hindus visited temples, Hindus pilgrims dipped into sacred waters, members of the Naragcas tribe in the Philippines danced, and many Christian Filipinos went to church. The Chinese first recorded a total solar eclipse in one
Today , a total eclipse of the sun darkened a wide area of Mindanao and the southern Japan . The sun was blackened out by the shadow (sic) of the moon for up to four minutes along a 108-mile swath that moved from the Indian Ocean across Indonesia and the Indonesians island of Mindanao . A partial eclipse was visible across a wide are of Asia , from Japan to India . In reactions to the eclipse, Indonesians prayed and beat drums, Malaysian Hindus visited temples, Hindus pilgrims dipped into sacred waters, members of the Naragcas tribe in the Philippines danced, and many Christian Filipinos went to church. The Chinese first recorded a total solar eclipse in one