Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Eclipse visible in Adamstown – 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

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

Local times for eclipse in Adamstown 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 Adamstown	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 29 at 4:08 AM	304°	13.9°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 29 at 5:24 AM	295°	0.0° below		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Moonset	Dec 29 at 5:24 AM	295°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 29 at 8:32 AM	279°	39.5° 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.

Other eclipses visible in Adamstown

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Adamstown	Looks like in Adamstown	Path of the eclipse
Jan 30, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 15, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 13, 1936	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 27, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 24 / May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 8, 1937	Solar	Total	Partial
Nov 17 / Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
May 13 / May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 7, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 27 / Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 21, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 15 / Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 27, 1941	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 19 / Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 8, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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