Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Christchurch, New Zealand

Eclipse visible in Christchurch – Dec 30, 1944 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 Christchurch on Saturday, December 30, 1944

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 Christchurch	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 30 at 12:38 AM	357°	23.4°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 30 at 2:44 AM	328°	16.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 30 at 5:02 AM	302°	0.0°		The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.

Some of the eclipse is very close to the horizon.

Other eclipses visible in Christchurch

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Christchurch	Looks like in Christchurch	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jul 26 / Jul 27, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 20, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Total
Dec 26, 1935	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jan 9, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 14, 1936	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 3 / May 4, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 13, 1939	Solar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 24, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13 / Mar 14, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 28, 1941	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 6, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 1, 1943	Solar	Annular	Partial
Aug 16, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 4 / Aug 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 30, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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