Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Eclipse visible in Makkah – Oct 16, 1940 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 Makkah on Wednesday, October 16, 1940

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 Makkah	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 16 at 8:40 AM	294°	31.8° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 16 at 9:06 AM	298°	37.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 16 at 1:10 PM	25°	58.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Makkah

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Makkah	Looks like in Makkah	Path of the eclipse
Apr 13, 1930	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Oct 7 / Oct 8, 1930	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Apr 2 / Apr 3, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 26 / Sep 27, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 22, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 14 / Sep 15, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 24, 1933	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 12, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 21, 1933	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 4, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 30, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 8 / Jan 9, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 19, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial

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