February 16, 1999 Annular Solar Eclipse in West Point, Western Cape, South Africa

Feb 16, 1999 at 7:08 am

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Global Event:	Annular Solar Eclipse
Local Type:	Annular Solar Eclipse, in West Point
Began:	Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 6:02 am
Maximum:	Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 7:08 am 0.991 Magnitude
Ended:	Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 8:21 am
Duration:	2 hours, 19 minutes
Annularity:	1 minute, 5 seconds
All times shown on this page are local time.

February 16, 1999 — Annular Solar Eclipse — West Point

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

Detailed view

Time	Event	Direction	Altitude
06:02:03 Tue, Feb 16	Partial eclipse begins The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.	95°	12.6°
07:07:37 Tue, Feb 16	Annularity begins The moment the Sun forms a ring around the Moon is called second contact.	83°	23.6°
07:08:10 Tue, Feb 16	Maximum eclipse The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.	83°	23.8°
07:08:42 Tue, Feb 16	Annularity ends The moment the Sun’s ring around the Moon is broken is called third contact.	83°	23.7°
08:21:02 Tue, Feb 16	Partial eclipse ends The moment the edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun is called fourth contact.	68°	35.9°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse, the beginning & end of annularity, and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 63.5 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like near the maximum point. The curvature of the Moon's path is due to the Earth's rotation.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (Feb 16)

In the past, this day was cloudy 85% of the time (since 2000).

Solar Eclipses

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in West Point

Eclipse Visibility From West Point		Visibility Worldwide
	Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 6, 1990 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 15, 1992 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 30, 1992 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 4, 1993 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 6, 1993 Mercury Transit	Mercury Transit
	May 25, 1994 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 3, 1994 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 3–4, 1996 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 16, 1997 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 16, 1999 Annular Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in West Point, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.