Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Eclipse visible in Adamstown – Oct 6, 1949 Total 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
• Total Eclipse starts
• Maximum Eclipse
• Total Eclipse ends
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Adamstown 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 Adamstown	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 6 at 3:24 PM	103°	36.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 6 at 4:37 PM	94°	20.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 6 at 5:52 PM	86°	2.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Oct 6 at 6:08 PM	84°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 6 at 6:27 PM	82°	3.7°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 7:02 PM	78°	11.1°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 8:17 PM	69°	26.9°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 9:30 PM	55°	41.1°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

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
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
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 30, 1946	Solar	Partial	Partial
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 12, 1947	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 27 / Nov 28, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 12, 1949	Lunar	Total	Total
Oct 6, 1949	Lunar	Total	Total

Sun & Moon Calculators for Adamstown

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