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

Eclipse visible in Anchorage – Dec 10, 2011 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 Anchorage on Saturday, December 10, 2011

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	Dec 10 at 2:35 AM	219°	46.3°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 10 at 3:41 AM	238°	40.5°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 3:46 AM	239°	40.0°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 5:08 AM	259°	31.1°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 5:55 AM	269°	25.6°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 7:16 AM	286°	16.2°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 8:28 AM	300°	8.6°		The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.

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
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	Partial
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 13, 2004	Solar	Partial	Partial
Oct 27, 2004	Lunar	Total	Total
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	Partial
Mar 3, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 27 / Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20, 2008	Lunar	Total	Total
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jun 26, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 20 / Dec 21, 2010	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 15, 2011	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 10, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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