Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999

In the solar eclipse of 16 February 1999 was a annular eclipse, the central zone was exclusively in the southern hemisphere of the earth. The zone of the annular phase was in the middle of the ocean south of South Africa and then pulled across the Southern Indian Ocean, and then through the middle of Australia, and finally ended in the open sea south of New Guinea. In Australia, only the Outback was virtually unaffected. The closest to the central zone located Australian city was Perth.