Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Eclipse visible in Varanasi – Mar 9, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse

The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like in Varanasi (weather permitting).

The total phase of this solar eclipse is not visible in Varanasi, but it can be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

More about the Mar 8 – Mar 9, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse

Stages in eclipse

• Partial Eclipse just started
• Partial Eclipse in good progress
• Maximum Eclipse
• Partial Eclipse continues
• Partial Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Varanasi on Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Click on the Sun/Moon symbols in the column entitled “Looks like” to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event	Time in Varanasi	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Partial eclipse begins	Mar 9 at 5:34 AM	90°	9.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Sunrise	Mar 9 at 6:12 AM	94°	0.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Mar 9 at 6:12 AM	94°	0.2° below		Moon is closest to the center. Sun near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Partial Eclipse ends	Mar 9 at 6:47 AM	98°	7.3°		The Moon leaves the Sun's edge. Sun close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.

This eclipse is in progress during sunrise or sunset, so the Sun is displayed only partly in some phases, according to its altitude below the horizon. The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.

Other eclipses visible in Varanasi

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Varanasi	Looks like in Varanasi	Path of the eclipse
Jun 15 / Jun 16, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 10, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 4, 2012	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 28, 2012	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 25 / Apr 26, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 19, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 15, 2014	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 8, 2014	Lunar	Total	Partial
Apr 4, 2015	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 28, 2015	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 9, 2016	Solar	Total	Partial
Mar 23, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 16 / Sep 17, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 11, 2017	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 7 / Aug 8, 2017	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 31, 2018	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 27 / Jul 28, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 21, 2019	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 17, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 26, 2019	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jan 10 / Jan 11, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 5 / Jun 6, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 21, 2020	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jul 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 30, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 19, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Varanasi

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