--- title: See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse description: The spectacle begins on March 9 but finishes on March 8 because its crosses the international date line canonical: https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-09T03:44:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:17.900Z article:section: Science og:title: See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse og:description: The spectacle begins on March 9 but finishes on March 8 og:url: https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte160f799bbf23926/69888a37196cf45acc03aab5/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: INDONESIA-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse twitter:description: The spectacle begins on March 9 but finishes on March 8 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte160f799bbf23926/69888a37196cf45acc03aab5/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Mar 9, 2016 3:44 AM CUT  A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016. A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016.Bay Ismoyo—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Mar 9, 2016 3:44 AM CUT  A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016. Bay Ismoyo—AFP/Getty Images  A partial solar eclipse is seen from Kathmandu, Nepal on March 9. Sunil Pradhan—NurPhoto/Corbis  A total solar eclipse is visible from Belitung. Indonesia on March 9. Zulkarnain—Xinhua Press/Corbis  Indonesian residents wear eclipse glasses to watch a solar eclipse outside a planetarium in Jakarta, on March 9. Mast Irham—EPA  A partial solar eclipse is seen from Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 9, 2016. Adi Weda—EPA  The moon passes in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse seem from Manila on March 9, 2016. Ted Alijibe—AFP/Getty Images  The moon passes in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse seen from Naypyidaw on March 9. Ye Aung Thu—AFP/Getty Images  Acehnese men watch the total solar eclipse in Banda Aceh on March 9. Chaideer Mahyuddin—AFP/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/"},"headline":"See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse","datePublished":"2016-03-09T03:44:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:17.900Z","description":"The spectacle begins on March 9 but finishes on March 8 because its crosses the international date line","url":"https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/","keywords":["solar eclipse","moon","Science topic","photography","sun","Eclipse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte160f799bbf23926/69888a37196cf45acc03aab5/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte160f799bbf23926/69888a37196cf45acc03aab5/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INDONESIA-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE","caption":"A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016.","creditText":"Bay Ismoyo—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/solar-eclipse/","name":"solar eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4252058/solar-eclipse-moon-photos/","name":"See Stunning Photos of a Solar Eclipse"}}]}] ```