Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in London, England, United Kingdom

Eclipse visible in London – Nov 28, 1947 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 London on Friday, November 28, 1947

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 London	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Nov 28 at 6:37 AM	294°	8.0°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Maximum Eclipse	Nov 28 at 7:36 AM	305°	0.7°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Moonset	Nov 28 at 7:43 AM	306°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Nov 28 at 10:32 AM	341°	14.9° 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 London

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in London	Looks like in London	Path of the eclipse
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 19, 1939	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 2 / Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 10, 1942	Solar	Partial	Partial
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 25, 1944	Solar	Total	Partial
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jul 9, 1945	Solar	Total	Partial
Dec 18 / Dec 19, 1945	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 28, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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