The Solar Eclipse Ring June 21st Through Indonesia

Singkawang - On June 21, 2020, the world will experience the phenomenon of the solar eclipse Ring (GMC). This phenomenon occurs when the sun, Moon and Earth are precisely the line and the observed moon disc from the Earth looks smaller than the sun disc.

Because of that configuration, when the peak of the solar eclipse will look like a ring, bright in its edges and dark in the middle.

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Quoted by detikINET from the official description of BMKG, Thursday (18/6/2020) The solar eclipse ring will traverse some areas of the world such as West Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

In addition areas such as little parts of north and East Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, some European countries, Northern Australia and the Pacific Ocean can observe partial solar eclipses.

Some areas in Indonesia can also enjoy the solar eclipse ring on June 21 tomorrow. 432 Cities and counties in 31 provinces will be able to observe GMC in the form of partial solar eclipse.

But there are 83 city centres that GMC will not go through because of its apparent magnitude of less than zero. These areas include two cities in Bengkulu, seven cities in Lampung, 10 cities in Central Java, seven cities in East Java, all cities in West Java (except Indramayu), Banten, DKI Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

Meanwhile, seven cities in Papua also cannot observe the peak of Eclipse and the final contact remembers when both phases occur the sun is already immersed.

Here is the map of initial contact time, peak and end contact of the Sun Eclipse Ring June 21, 2020 in Indonesia from BMKG:

As seen from the above map, the initial contact schedule, peak and end contact of the solar eclipse ring in each region will vary. BMKG Data mentions the area that will initiate the earliest eclipse is Sabang, Aceh at 13.16 WIB, and the city that started the last eclipse is Kepanjen, East Java at 15.19 WIB.

The earliest eclipse peak will occur in Sabang, ACEH at 14.34 WIB, and the city that has the most final peak time is Agats, Papua at 17.37 WIT

The earliest end contact will occur in Tais, Bengkulu at 15.06 WIB, and the most final contact will take place in Melonguane, North Sulawesi at 17.31 WITA.

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By comparing the difference between the end contact time and the initial contact in each city, BMKG concluded that the city will experience the shortest duration of the eclipse is Kepanjen, East Java for 3 minutes 17.1 seconds. While the longest duration occurs in Sabang, ACEH is 2 hours 27 minutes 11.1 seconds.

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