Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Rawaki, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati

Eclipse visible in Rawaki – Aug 5, 1952 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 Rawaki on Tuesday, August 5, 1952

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 Rawaki	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Aug 5 at 5:26 AM	252°	0.0°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Moonset	Aug 5 at 5:26 AM	252°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Aug 5 at 5:30 AM	252°	0.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Aug 5 at 6:40 AM	250°	17.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Aug 5 at 8:54 AM	240°	46.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Aug 5 at 10:05 AM	226°	60.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Aug 5 at 5:50 PM	105°	0.0°	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 Rawaki

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Rawaki	Looks like in Rawaki	Path of the eclipse
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 19, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 8, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 3 / Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 27, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22 / Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 12, 1949	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 6, 1949	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 2, 1950	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 11, 1950	Solar	Total	Partial
Sep 25, 1950	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 22 / Mar 23, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 16, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 14 / Sep 15, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 10, 1952	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 5, 1952	Lunar	Partial	Partial

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