Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Eclipse visible in Longyearbyen – Dec 29, 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

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• Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
• Maximum Eclipse
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Longyearbyen on Friday, December 29, 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 Longyearbyen	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 29 at 1:38 PM	25°	10.7°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 29 at 3:44 PM	53°	14.5°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 29 at 6:02 PM	85°	20.8°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Longyearbyen

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Longyearbyen	Looks like in Longyearbyen	Path of the eclipse
Jan 30, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 30, 1935	Solar	Partial	Partial
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 19, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 19, 1939	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 2 / Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 10, 1942	Solar	Partial	Partial
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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