Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Eclipse visible in Hong Kong – Jan 1, 2010 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 Hong Kong on Friday, January 1, 2010

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 Hong Kong	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Jan 1 at 1:19 AM	281°	76.3°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Jan 1 at 2:56 AM	280°	54.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Jan 1 at 3:03 AM	281°	53.2°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Jan 1 at 3:42 AM	282°	44.5°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Jan 1 at 5:26 AM	287°	21.9°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Hong Kong

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Hong Kong	Looks like in Hong Kong	Path of the eclipse
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
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 8, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 19, 2007	Solar	Partial	Partial
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 1, 2008	Solar	Total	Partial
Aug 17, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 26, 2009	Solar	Annular	Partial
Feb 9 / Feb 10, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 22, 2009	Solar	Total	Partial
Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 1, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

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