Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999
20th-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An annular solar eclipse occurred on February 16, 1999. 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. Annularity was visible in the southern Indian Ocean including the Prince Edward Islands, South Africa (the northern part of Marion Island and the whole Prince Edward Island), and Australia.
Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.4726 |
Magnitude | 0.9928 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 40 s (0 min 40 s) |
Coordinates | 39.8°S 93.9°E / -39.8; 93.9 |
Max. width of band | 29 km (18 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:34:38 |
References | |
Saros | 140 (28 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9505 |