Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Alofi, Niue
Eclipse visible in Alofi – Oct 6, 1949 Total 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
- Penumbral Eclipse just started
- Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
- Partial Eclipse starts
- Total Eclipse starts
- Maximum Eclipse
- Total Eclipse ends
- Full Eclipse ends
- Penumbral Eclipse continues
- Penumbral Eclipse about to end
Local times for eclipse in Alofi on Thursday, October 6, 1949
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 Alofi | Direction | Altitude | Looks like | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral eclipse begins | Oct 6 at 12:34 PM | 138° | 71.0° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Partial eclipse begins | Oct 6 at 1:47 PM | 112° | 57.4° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Total Eclipse begins | Oct 6 at 3:02 PM | 100° | 41.0° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Total Eclipse ends | Oct 6 at 4:12 PM | 93° | 25.3° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Partial Eclipse ends | Oct 6 at 5:27 PM | 87° | 8.1° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Moonrise | Oct 6 at 6:00 PM | 84° | 0.0° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Moonrise | Oct 6 at 6:00 PM | 84° | 0.0° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Maximum Eclipse | Oct 6 at 6:00 PM | 84° | 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. | |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | Oct 6 at 6:40 PM | 80° | 8.6° | The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East. | |
| Moonset | Oct 7 at 5:57 AM | 279° | 0.0° 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.
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