Total solar eclipse over southeast Asia Indonesia and the central Pacific will experience a total solar eclipse on March 9, starting at sunrise over Sumatra and ending at sunset north of Hawaii. A wider area of Asia and the Pacific will see a partial eclipse Greatest total eclipse 01:57:12GMT Greatest duration 4 mins 10 secs 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Detail map 00:30 01:00 01:30 02:00 02:30 02:30 03:00 03:30 All times GMT Path of totality Hawaii Hawaii and Alaska will experience partial eclipse on late afternoon of March 8 DURATION Palembang: 1m 52s Sumatra 500km 300 miles Palangkaraya: 2m 29s Jakarta Palu: 2m 4s Borneo Luwuk: 2m 50s Sulawesi INDONESIA Path of totality 155km wide Ternate: 2m 39s Never look directly at solar eclipse with naked eye, binoculars, cameras or telescopes without specialised solar filters Source: NASA