Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Adak, Alaska, U.S.A.

Eclipse visible in Adak – Dec 8, 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 Adak on Sunday, December 8, 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 Adak	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 4:15 AM	258°	37.7°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 8 at 5:14 AM	270°	29.1°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 5:14 AM	270°	29.0°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 6:21 AM	282°	19.2°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 7:15 AM	292°	11.7°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 8:23 AM	304°	3.1°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Moonset	Dec 8 at 8:52 AM	309°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 9:22 AM	315°	2.4° 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 Adak

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Adak	Looks like in Adak	Path of the eclipse
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 18, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 27, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 24, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 17, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 2, 1937	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 13 / May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 7, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 21, 1938	Solar	Partial	Partial
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 27, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 21, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Oct 15, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 12 / Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 20, 1941	Solar	Total	Partial
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 4, 1943	Solar	Total	Partial
Feb 19, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 8, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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