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March 9, 2016 — Total Solar Eclipse — Dili, Timor-Leste

Mar 9, 2016 at 9:41 am
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Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in Dili
Began: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:30 am
Maximum: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:41 am 0.758 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 11:02 am
Duration: 2 hours, 32 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 9, 2016 — Total Solar Eclipse — Dili

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Dili. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (TLT) for Dili.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

08:30:09

Wed, Mar 9

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

91°
26.0°
Partial Solar Eclipse

09:41:23

Wed, Mar 9

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

88°
43.5°
Partial Solar Eclipse

11:02:21

Wed, Mar 9

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

83°
63.5°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 68.2 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 total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Dili, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

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Cloud Coverage (Mar 9)

In the past, this day was cloudy 67% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Dili

Eclipse Visibility From DiliVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 14, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 29, 2014 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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