Solar eclipse (March 09, 2016): The first Solar Eclipse of 2016 would occur on March 09 (the second solar eclipse would occur on September 1). It would be total Solar Eclipse of magnitude 1.045 which means that at the moment of greatest eclipse, the Sun would be completely hidden by the shadow of the moon. The longest duration of totality would be 4 minutes and 9 seconds.

The total Solar Eclipse would be observed from Pacific Ocean. Palembang, Palu, Palangkaraya and Ternate are few Indonesian cities to observe total Solar Eclipse. The partial Solar Eclipse would be visible from Australia, India, China, South Korea and Japan. While regions in the Indian Ocean will be able to see the total eclipse, India will reportedly witness only 12 percent of it in Hyderabad.

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In India, the partial Solar Eclipse would be visible from most of the cities except some cities in western and northern India where none of the eclipse would be visible. Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Ujjain, and Varanasi would observe partial Solar Eclipse. Outside India, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Colombo, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Honolulu and Darwin are some of the big cities where partial Solar Eclipse would be visible.

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However, none of the eclipse would be visible from Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Udaipur, Vadodara and Panaji of India. The eclipse would not be visible in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and some northern and western countries of Asia. From Pakistan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, none of the eclipse would be visible.

The total eclipse will begin at 23:19 UTC on March 8, 2016 (04:49 IST March 9), and its maximum point will take place at 0159 UTC (0630 IST) on that day.

Solar Eclipse Details:

Date: March 9, 2016

Type of Eclipse: Purna Surya Grahan (Total Solar Eclipse)

Areas in which Grahan will be visible: Australia, China, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Palau, Singapore, South Korea, Sri lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Indian ocean & North Pacific ocean.

Time (IST) (Start – Mid – End): 05:43 – 06:13 – 06:44 (New Delhi)

It said in Delhi, the sun rise at 06: 38 hrs, eclipse starts at 06: 40 hrs and ends at 06: 44 hrs, in Chennai, the sunrise at 06: 20 hrs, eclipse starts at 06: 22 hrs and ends at 06:48 hrs.  In Kolkata, the sunrise at 05: 51 hrs, eclipse starts at 05: 26 hrs, mild eclipse at 06: 22 hrs and ends at 06: 50 hrs.

Start and End timings of Solar Eclipse in India:

Partial Solar Eclipse in Hyderabad:

Eclipse would start from Sunrise – 06:28:34

Eclipse End Time – 06:47:53

Eclipse Duration – 00 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

Live stream the solar eclipse 2016 online

The total solar eclipse of the year can also be witnessed online, live on the exploratorium. “The Exploratorium will present a real-time webcast of the total solar eclipse from Micronesia,” the website reads. The viewer can find out the timings of the live streaming at the website according to their respective time zones. The live coverage of the solar eclipse will also be available live.slooh.com from Indonesia.