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

Eclipse visible in Anchorage – Oct 17, 1948 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 Anchorage on Sunday, October 17, 1948

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 Anchorage	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 17 at 2:18 PM	40°	15.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 17 at 4:44 PM	72°	0.0° below		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Moonrise	Oct 17 at 4:44 PM	72°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 17 at 6:54 PM	100°	15.0°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

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 Anchorage

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Anchorage	Looks like in Anchorage	Path of the eclipse
May 13 / May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 7, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 21, 1938	Solar	Partial	Partial
Apr 19, 1939	Solar	Annular	Annular
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 27, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 21, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 15 / Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 12 / Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 4, 1943	Solar	Total	Partial
Feb 19, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
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
Jul 9, 1945	Solar	Total	Partial
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Total
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 12, 1947	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 27 / Nov 28, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 8, 1948	Solar	Total	Partial
Oct 17, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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