Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999
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A total solar eclipse occurred on 11 August 1999 with an eclipse magnitude of 1.0286. 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. 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. Totality occurs in a narrow path across earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of the moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean and, before noon, was traversing the southern United Kingdom, northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, southern Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and northern FR Yugoslavia (Vojvodina). The eclipse's maximum was at 11:03 UTC at 45.1°N 24.3°E / 45.1; 24.3 in Romania (next to the town of Ocnele Mari near Râmnicu Vâlcea);[1][2][3] and it continued across Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Turkey, the northeastern tip of Syria, northern Iraq, Iran, southern Pakistan and Srikakulam in India and ended in the Bay of Bengal.
Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.5062 |
Magnitude | 1.0286 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 143 s (2 min 23 s) |
Location | Ocnele Mari, Vâlcea County, Romania |
Coordinates | 45.1°N 24.3°E / 45.1; 24.3 |
Max. width of band | 112 km (70 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 11:04:09 |
References | |
Saros | 145 (21 of 77) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9506 |
It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since 22 July 1990, and the first visible in the United Kingdom since 29 June 1927.