According to the Thai Astronomical Society, the partial solar eclipse will begin in Phuket and Songkhla at 6:29am, reaching its maximum umbra at 7:26am, then concluding its passage across the face of the sun at 8:29am.
Comparatively, the eclipse will not begin for people in Chiang Mai until 6:43am. (See table of eclipse times here.)
Meanwhile, people in Indonesia on Wednesday morning will experience a full solar eclipse.
This will be the first times since the last solar eclipse in Thailand on the morning of May 21, 2012.
People who miss the partial eclipse on Wednesday morning will have to wait until 2019 for their next chance at a partial eclipse and 54 years more for the next total eclipse in Thailand.
Authorities have reminded sky watchers to avoid looking at the sun with the naked eye during the event.
At the British International School – Phuket, the teachers will be gathering to guide students on how to “witness” the eclipse while safely protecting their eyes.
“It is absolutely essential that you do not look directly at an eclipse. Even a few seconds exposure to the Sun’s UV radiation can do permanent damage to your eyes and could blind you,” warns Iain Richardson, the school’s Head of Science.
To view the eclipse safely, arrive at the covered walkway between the MTB and the school refectory on Wednesday morning before registration, where Mr Richardson and Mr Chambers will be on hand to let you view the eclipse directly and indirectly without risking damaging your eyes, said a school notice issued earlier this week.
“The event is open to anyone who happens to be in the vicinity at 7:20 on Wednesday morning,” said Mr Richardson.
“We have old fashioned pin-hole ‘cameras’ to view the eclipse and welders masks,” he added.
Just minutes after the conclusion of eclipse will be the first “supermoon” of the year. A supermoon is when the Moon passes within its nearest point to the Earth during its regular orbit.
For Phuket this will occur at about 8:54am on Wednesday morning. But as the Moon will be a “new moon”, only the “dark side” of the Moon will be facing the Earth – meaning that for the supermoon, the Moon will be visible only during the eclipse.
Boating enthusiasts are urged to be wary of the spring tide that the March 9 new moon will bring, as the supermoon effect will accentuate the concurrent high and low tides more than usual.