Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Nukualofa, Tonga

Eclipse visible in Nukualofa – Dec 9, 1946 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 Nukualofa on Monday, December 9, 1946

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 Nukualofa	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 9 at 4:15 AM	305°	17.9°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 9 at 5:14 AM	298°	6.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 9 at 5:14 AM	298°	6.6°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Moonset	Dec 9 at 5:49 AM	295°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonset	Dec 9 at 5:49 AM	295°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 9 at 6:21 AM	292°	7.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 9 at 7:15 AM	289°	18.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 9 at 8:23 AM	285°	32.8° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 9 at 9:22 AM	283°	45.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 9 at 7:48 PM	63°	0.0° 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 Nukualofa

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Nukualofa	Looks like in Nukualofa	Path of the eclipse
Jan 9, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 14, 1936	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 9, 1937	Solar	Total	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 3, 1937	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 4, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 13, 1939	Solar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 24, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 8, 1940	Solar	Annular	Partial
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13 / Mar 14, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 28, 1941	Solar	Annular	Partial
Sep 6, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 16, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 30, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jan 14, 1945	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jun 26, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 19, 1945	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 15, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 9, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Nukualofa

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