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

Eclipse visible in Adak – Dec 31, 2009 Partial 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
• Maximum Eclipse
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Adak on Thursday, December 31, 2009

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 31 at 7:19 AM	281°	21.7°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 31 at 8:56 AM	298°	8.0°		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 31 at 9:03 AM	299°	7.2°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 9:42 AM	306°	2.4°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northwest.
Moonset	Dec 31 at 10:05 AM	310°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 11:26 AM	326°	8.7° 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 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 20, 2000	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 14, 2001	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 29 / Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 10, 2002	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jun 24, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 19, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 15, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 30, 2003	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 8, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 13, 2004	Solar	Partial	Partial
Oct 27, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Apr 23 / Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 14, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 3, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 27 / Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6 / Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

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