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Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Tokyo, Japan

Eclipse visible in Tokyo – Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar Eclipse

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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

Local times for eclipse in Tokyo on Sunday, August 17, 2008

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 Tokyo	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Aug 17 at 3:26 AM	239°	16.2°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Aug 17 at 4:35 AM	250°	4.2°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Partial eclipse begins	Aug 17 at 4:37 AM	250°	3.9°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Moonset	Aug 17 at 5:00 AM	253°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Aug 17 at 7:43 AM	277°	31.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Aug 17 at 8:53 AM	290°	45.0° 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.

Times are local for Tokyo (JST - Japan Standard Time).

Other eclipses visible in Tokyo

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Tokyo
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	Penumbral
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	Partial
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 5, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 14, 2004	Solar	Partial	Partial
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 8, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 17, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral