An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, September 1, 2016, 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.

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.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 1, 2016(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Franceville 07:22:18 08:46:02 08:47:18 08:48:34 10:30:33 2:32 3:08 94.11% Mahajanga 10:47:34 12:39:23 12:40:35 12:41:46 14:24:22 2:23 3:37 94.76% Toamasina 11:00:56 12:50:44 12:52:10 12:53:37 14:31:56 2:53 3:31 94.62% Saint-Paul 12:22:32 14:08:10 14:09:14 14:10:19 15:42:15 2:09 3:20 94.34% Saint-Pierre 12:23:36 14:08:34 14:09:59 14:11:24 15:42:40 2:50 3:19 94.32%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 1, 2016(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Abidjan 06:13:11 07:20:50 08:40:30 2:31 71.55% Accra 06:13:27 07:23:38 08:46:54 2:33 71.47% Lomé 06:13:47 07:24:38 08:48:52 2:35 69.50% Porto-Novo 07:14:09 08:25:49 09:51:08 2:37 68.29% Lagos 07:14:20 08:26:35 09:52:40 2:38 68.45% São Tomé 06:16:29 07:34:21 09:08:43 2:52 90.50% Malabo 07:16:31 08:34:45 10:09:11 2:53 77.96% Libreville 07:17:58 08:38:18 10:15:49 2:58 89.90% Yaoundé 07:18:14 08:38:49 10:16:08 2:58 76.90% Bangui 07:24:32 08:51:16 10:34:51 3:10 71.87% Brazzaville 07:26:14 08:53:39 10:39:29 3:13 89.44% Kinshasa 07:26:19 08:53:47 10:39:39 3:13 89.26% Luanda 07:30:02 08:55:08 10:37:58 3:08 73.01% Kigali 08:45:32 10:28:03 12:22:29 3:37 82.07% Gitega 08:46:43 10:30:04 12:25:11 3:38 87.17% Kampala 09:49:07 11:31:43 13:24:10 3:35 70.81% Mpulungu 08:56:19 10:42:43 12:38:08 3:42 91.64% Kasama 08:58:58 10:45:32 12:40:28 3:42 87.23% Nairobi 10:00:27 11:46:58 13:38:41 3:38 69.11% Dodoma 10:02:54 11:52:25 13:46:43 3:44 86.76% Lilongwe 09:11:44 11:00:14 12:52:40 3:41 79.93% Dar es Salaam 10:12:57 12:04:34 13:56:37 3:44 82.28% Nampula 09:27:08 11:19:08 13:08:35 3:41 86.39% Pemba 09:26:12 11:19:18 13:09:11 3:43 94.82% Moroni 10:31:36 12:25:20 14:13:28 3:42 89.68% Mamoudzou 10:39:14 12:32:55 14:18:52 3:40 89.11% Antananarivo 10:57:00 12:48:16 14:29:14 3:32 90.52% Saint-Denis 12:22:51 14:09:30 15:42:25 3:20 94.27% Port Louis 12:27:46 14:13:13 15:44:25 3:17 88.89% Île Amsterdam 14:23:24 15:43:42 16:54:48 2:31 71.84%References:

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Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

+September 1, 2016 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2016 September 1 at 06:14:16.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2016 September 1 at 07:18:57.7 UTC First Central Line 2016 September 1 at 07:20:21.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2016 September 1 at 07:21:45.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2016 September 1 at 08:34:59.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2016 September 1 at 09:04:14.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2016 September 1 at 09:06:18.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2016 September 1 at 09:08:02.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2016 September 1 at 09:19:12.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2016 September 1 at 09:40:44.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2016 September 1 at 10:54:08.6 UTC Last Central Line 2016 September 1 at 10:55:35.3 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2016 September 1 at 10:57:01.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2016 September 1 at 12:01:48.6 UTC

+September 1, 2016 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.97362 Eclipse Obscuration 0.94794 Gamma −0.33301 Sun Right Ascension 10h43m43.3s Sun Declination +08°03'38.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'51.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 10h43m22.2s Moon Declination +07°45'51.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'12.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'48.6" ΔT 68.3 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

+ Eclipse season of August–September 2016 August 18Descending node (full moon) September 1Ascending node (new moon) September 16Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 109 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147

Related eclipses Eclipses in 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.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2007 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2025

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027

Solar Saros 135 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 1987 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1929 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 4, 2103

Solar eclipses of 2015–2018

Saros 135

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Notes

References

Annular solar eclipse of September 1, 2016