Total eclipse is visible from any point on Earth only about once every 350 years. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness.
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Indonesia will be lucky to host this year solar eclipse. Indonesia will be the best location to watch the spectacular solar
eclipse on 9 March 2016 when its shadow sweeps across this archipelago
from west to east. Space watchers, amateur and professional astronomers
should note the cities where the total solar eclipse can be best
observed.
Cities where this rare phenomenon can be clearly viewed are (from west to
east) in Palembang, South Sumatra, where it can be viewed for 1 minute
and 52 seconds, moving east to the island of Bangka where it is visible
for 2 minutes, 8 seconds, the island of Belitung (2 minutes and 10
seconds). Next Sampit (2 minutes, 8 seconds) and Palangkaraya (both in
Central Kalimantan) for 2 minutes and 29 seconds, Balikpapan in East
Kalimantan (1 minute and 9 seconds), Luwuk (2 minutes and 50 seconds),
Poso in Central Sulawesi (2 minutes and 40 seconds), Palu (2 minutes, 4
seconds), Ternate (2 minutes 39 seconds) and Halmahera in North
Moluccas (2 minutes 36 seconds).
But wherever you are in Indonesia, you can still watch partial solar eclipse if you are happened not in the total solar eclipse path. Here's some info according to gerhana.info.
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