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

Eclipse visible in Adak – Oct 6, 1949 Total Lunar Eclipse

Oct1949

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

Local times for eclipse in Adak on Thursday, October 6, 1949

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	Oct 6 at 12:54 PM	7°	34.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 6 at 2:07 PM	28°	30.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 6 at 3:22 PM	47°	23.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 4:32 PM	62°	15.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 5:47 PM	77°	2.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Oct 6 at 6:11 PM	81°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Oct 6 at 6:11 PM	81°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 6 at 6:20 PM	83°	1.2°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 6 at 7:00 PM	91°	7.0°		The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Moonset	Oct 7 at 7:42 AM	284°	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.

Times are local for Adak (NST - Newfoundland Standard Time).

Other eclipses visible in Adak

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Adak
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
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 27, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 8, 1948	Solar	Total	Partial
Oct 17, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 12, 1949	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 6, 1949	Lunar	Total	Penumbral