Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Eclipse visible in Kolkata – Sep 15, 1951 Penumbral 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
• Maximum Eclipse
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Kolkata on Saturday, September 15, 1951

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 Kolkata	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Sep 15 at 4:01 PM	84°	21.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Sep 15 at 5:34 PM	93°	0.0°	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Sep 15 at 5:56 PM	95°	4.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Sep 15 at 7:52 PM	107°	30.2°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

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 Kolkata

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Kolkata	Looks like in Kolkata	Path of the eclipse
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 5 / 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 15 / Aug 16, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 20, 1944	Solar	Annular	Partial
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25 / Jun 26, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 19, 1945	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 14 / Jun 15, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 8 / Dec 9, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 3 / Jun 4, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 28, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 9, 1948	Solar	Total	Partial
Oct 18, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 13, 1949	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 7, 1949	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 2 / Apr 3, 1950	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 26, 1950	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 23, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 17, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 15, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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