Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in McMurdo, Antarctica

Eclipse visible in McMurdo – Feb 16, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse

The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like in McMurdo (weather permitting).

During this partial solar eclipse, the Moon covers only parts of the Sun, as seen from McMurdo. As the central part of the Moon's shadow (umbra) misses the Earth during a partial solar eclipse, there are no other locations on Earth where the Sun appears completely covered during this event.

More about the Feb 15, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse

Stages in eclipse

• Partial Eclipse just started
• Partial Eclipse in good progress
• Maximum Eclipse
• Partial Eclipse continues
• Partial Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in McMurdo on Friday, February 16, 2018

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
Partial eclipse begins	Feb 16 at 8:08 AM	92°	12.4°		The Moon touches the Sun's edge.
Maximum Eclipse	Feb 16 at 9:01 AM	79°	15.1°		Moon is closest to the center.
Partial Eclipse ends	Feb 16 at 9:55 AM	66°	17.8°		The Moon leaves the Sun's edge.

Other eclipses visible in McMurdo

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in McMurdo	Looks like in McMurdo	Path of the eclipse
Apr 26, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 19, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 15, 2014	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 8 / Oct 9, 2014	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 4 / Apr 5, 2015	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 28, 2015	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 23 / Mar 24, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 17, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 11, 2017	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 8, 2017	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 31 / Feb 1, 2018	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 16, 2018	Solar	Partial	Partial
Jul 28, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 21, 2019	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 17, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 11, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 6, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 30 / Dec 1, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 26 / May 27, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 19 / Nov 20, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 4, 2021	Solar	Total	Partial
May 16, 2022	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8 / Nov 9, 2022	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 6, 2023	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 29, 2023	Lunar	Partial	Partial

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