Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Beijing, China

Eclipse visible in Beijing – Aug 16, 1943 Partial 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
• Maximum Eclipse
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Beijing on Monday, August 16, 1943

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
Penumbral eclipse begins	Aug 16 at 1:01 AM	194°	33.0°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Aug 16 at 2:04 AM	211°	28.7°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Aug 16 at 2:04 AM	211°	28.7°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Aug 16 at 4:52 AM	244°	6.1°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Moonset	Aug 16 at 5:31 AM	251°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Aug 16 at 5:55 AM	254°	3.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

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.

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 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
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 16, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Beijing

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