A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, June 11, 1983,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0524.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness.

Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Occurring about 2.1 days before perigee (on June 13, 1983, at 6:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Major Indonesian cities witnessed totality, including Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, and Makassar, in addition to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, and western Oceania.

They were allowed to watch a live broadcast of the eclipse occurring over Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, on state-owned TV channel TVRI.

Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee).