Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Fakaofo, Tokelau, Tokelau

Eclipse visible in Fakaofo – Dec 18, 1945 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 Fakaofo on Tuesday, December 18, 1945

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 Fakaofo	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 12:41 PM	25°	75.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 1:40 PM	53°	66.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 2:42 PM	64°	53.8° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 3:59 PM	68°	37.4° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 5:01 PM	69°	23.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 6:00 PM	68°	11.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 18 at 6:34 PM	67°	2.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Fakaofo

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Fakaofo	Looks like in Fakaofo	Path of the eclipse
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 15, 1935	Lunar	Total	Total
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 13, 1936	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 27, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 24, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 8, 1937	Solar	Total	Partial
Nov 17, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 2, 1937	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 13 / May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 7, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 27, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 7, 1940	Solar	Annular	Partial
Apr 21, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 15, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 12 / Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 19, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
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

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