Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in McMurdo, Antarctica
Eclipse visible in McMurdo – Oct 8 – Oct 9, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse
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The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.
BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.
Stages in eclipse
- Penumbral Eclipse just started
- Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
- Partial Eclipse starts
- Total Eclipse starts
- Maximum Eclipse
- Total Eclipse ends
- Full Eclipse ends
- Penumbral Eclipse continues
- Penumbral Eclipse about to end
Local times for eclipse in McMurdo on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Click on the Sun/Moon symbols in the column entitled “Looks like” to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.
| Event | Time in McMurdo | Direction | Altitude | Looks like | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral eclipse begins | Oct 8 at 9:17 PM | 64° | 0.7° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Moonrise | Oct 8 at 9:38 PM | 59° | 0.0° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Maximum Eclipse | Oct 8 at 10:17 PM | 49° | 1.3° | Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. | |
| Partial eclipse begins | Oct 8 at 10:18 PM | 49° | 1.3° | Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. | |
| Total Eclipse begins | Oct 8 at 11:27 PM | 33° | 3.2° | Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northeast. | |
| Total Eclipse ends | Oct 9 at 12:22 AM | 19° | 4.3° | Total moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northeast. | |
| Partial Eclipse ends | Oct 9 at 1:32 AM | 3° | 4.7° | Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North. | |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | Oct 9 at 2:32 AM | 348° | 4.3° | The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northwest. |
This eclipse is in progress during sunrise or sunset, so the Sun is displayed only partly in some phases, according to its altitude below the horizon. The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.
Times are local for McMurdo (NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time).Other eclipses visible in McMurdo
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