Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eclipse visible in Melbourne – Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse

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 Melbourne on Thursday, October 28, 2004

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 Melbourne	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 10:09 AM	231°	55.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 11:16 AM	204°	63.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 12:26 PM	166°	65.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 1:43 PM	131°	57.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 2:53 PM	111°	46.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 4:00 PM	98°	34.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 28 at 4:38 PM	92°	27.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Melbourne

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Melbourne	Looks like in Melbourne	Path of the eclipse
May 25, 1994	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Nov 18, 1994	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 15 / Apr 16, 1995	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Oct 9, 1995	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 4, 1996	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 27, 1996	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 24, 1997	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 2, 1997	Solar	Partial	Partial
Sep 17, 1997	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 8, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 22, 1998	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 6, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 1, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 16, 1999	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jul 28 / Jul 29, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 16 / Jul 17, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5 / Jul 6, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 4, 2002	Solar	Total	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 24, 2003	Solar	Total	Partial
May 5, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial

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