Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Beijing, China

Eclipse visible in Beijing – 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 Beijing 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 Beijing	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 28 at 7:31 AM	296°	11.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 8:09 AM	303°	17.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 9:16 AM	317°	26.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 10:26 AM	334°	33.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 11:43 AM	356°	37.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 12:53 PM	16°	35.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 2:00 PM	33°	30.2° 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
May 25, 1994	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Nov 18, 1994	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 15, 1995	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Oct 8 / Oct 9, 1995	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 24, 1995	Solar	Total	Partial
Apr 4, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 27, 1996	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 9, 1997	Solar	Total	Partial
Mar 24, 1997	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 17, 1997	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 8, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 6, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jan 31 / Feb 1, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Partial
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 11, 2002	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 5, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial

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