Acts 2:20, 'And the Sun shall be turned into darkness' : Annular Solar Eclipse, a rare phenomenon called 'Ring of Fire'

In Acts 2:20The Bible says that " The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come"

"The sun shall be turned into darkness".—This clause bring before us the phenomena of an eclipse: the total darkness of the sun, the dusky copper hue of the moon. Signs, of which these were but faint images, had been predicted by our Lord, echoing, as it were, the words of Joel, as among the preludes of His Advent.

On September 1 2016, skywatchers from Madagascar and some locations in Central Africa, experienced this rare phenomenon, called 'ring of fire' . This Moon’s shadow crossed parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. As being prophecied in Acts 2:20.

For most viewers in Africa, the eclipse was a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse began at 06:13 UTC, with the  maximum point  taking place at 09:01 UTC, and the annularity only lasted for 3 minutes and 6 seconds.

During an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is farther away from Earth than during a total solar eclipse, so it appears smaller and doesn’t completely cover the Sun. A partial solar eclipse will be visible from most of the African Ontinent.

An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon covers the Sun’s center, leaving the Sun’s visible outer edges to form a “ring of fire” or annulus around the Moon.

Annular solar eclipses take place only when:
The Moon is a new Moon.
The Moon is at or near a lunar node.
The Earth, Moon and Sun are perfectly aligned in a straight line.
The Moon is at its apogee.