Indonesia became a country which was partially crossed by a solar eclipse. One of them is in Padang City, West Sumatra Province.
Observation of natural phenomena was carried out by the reckoning body Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of the Province of West Sumatra, at the Mesjid Raya of West Sumatra. Observations were made using a large binoculars and a tool.
In West Sumatra, a partial solar eclipse starts at 14.54 WIB, and ends at 15.37 WIB, with a peak at 14.47 WIB.
Although at the beginning of the sun's observations were seen, but when the eclipse began, the weather turned cloudy, so the sun and the eclipse were not visible.
Because of the eclipse of the sun, hundreds of Muslims perform eclipse circumcision prayers, in two cycles, to glorify the power of Allah.
Because it took place in the middle of the covid pandemic 19, the prayers were carried out using health protocols, such as saf spaced one meter away and worshipers wearing masks.

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- Hendri: Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of West Sumatra Province.
"Yesterday the minister of religion wrote to all Regional Offices throughout Indonesia, to carry out eclipse prayers simultaneously. Alhamdulillah, we in West Sumatra today held eclipse prayers simultaneously in various mosques. This is a form of our belief in Alah and following the Sunnah of the Prophet, facing our eclipse prayers. and followed by the eclipse sermon that we were following together ".