{"id":5128,"date":"2016-03-06T20:37:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T12:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=5128"},"modified":"2016-03-07T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T06:36:42","slug":"solar-lunar-eclipses-to-be-visible-this-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/03\/06\/solar-lunar-eclipses-to-be-visible-this-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar, lunar eclipses to be visible this March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all Astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts! A solar and lunar eclipse will be visible this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) has announced that there will be a total solar eclipse to occur on March 9, 2016 in the Philippines. However, it will be observed as a partial solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, those who are in Mindanao will have a good view of the eclipse with a obscuration of up to 80%, while Luzon will have 30% to 60&amp;%, and Visayas from 60% to 70%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2687\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/Split-Eclipse2.jpg\" alt=\"Split-Eclipse2\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If, however, you miss the solar eclipse, do not fret for a penumbral eclipse of the moon will happen on March 23. A penumbral eclipse is when the moon passes through the faint penumbral portion of the earth\u2019s shadow. The eclipse will begin at about 5:37 pm when the moon enters the penumbra and will end at 9:57 pm. The event will also be visible in Asia, America, Australasia and Oceania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all Astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts! A solar and lunar eclipse will be visible this month. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) has announced that there will be a total solar eclipse to occur on March 9, 2016 in the Philippines. However, it will be observed as a partial solar eclipse. Moreover, those who are in Mindanao will have a good view of the eclipse with a obscuration of up to 80%, while Luzon will have 30% to 60&amp;%, and Visayas from 60% to 70%. &nbsp; &nbsp; If, however, you miss the solar eclipse, do not fret for a penumbral eclipse of the moon will happen on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/Split-Eclipse2-e1457267493953.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5133,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions\/5133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}