Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Beijing, China

Eclipse visible in Beijing – Aug 26, 1942 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 Beijing on Wednesday, August 26, 1942

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 Beijing	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Aug 26 at 8:29 AM	285°	34.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Aug 26 at 9:04 AM	292°	40.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Aug 26 at 10:03 AM	307°	50.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Aug 26 at 11:02 AM	327°	57.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Aug 26 at 12:34 PM	8°	60.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Aug 26 at 1:33 PM	34°	56.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Aug 26 at 2:32 PM	53°	49.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Beijing

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Beijing	Looks like in Beijing	Path of the eclipse
Mar 22, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 15, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 12, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 6, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 21, 1933	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 4, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 30 / Jan 31, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 14, 1934	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 19 / Jan 20, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 8 / Jan 9, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 19, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4 / Jul 5, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 3 / May 4, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 24, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 6, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 21, 1941	Solar	Total	Partial
Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial

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