Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.A.

Eclipse visible in Bismarck – Oct 27 – Oct 28, 2004 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 Bismarck on Wednesday, October 27, 2004

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 Bismarck	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 27 at 7:09 PM	79°	6.7°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 27 at 8:13 PM	90°	17.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 27 at 8:16 PM	91°	18.0°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 27 at 9:26 PM	104°	29.6°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 27 at 10:43 PM	121°	41.9°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 27 at 11:53 PM	141°	50.9°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 1:00 AM	167°	56.2°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Bismarck

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Bismarck	Looks like in Bismarck	Path of the eclipse
May 10, 1994	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 24 / May 25, 1994	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 17 / Nov 18, 1994	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 15, 1995	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Oct 8, 1995	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 3, 1996	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 26 / Sep 27, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 23 / Mar 24, 1997	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 16, 1997	Lunar	Total	Partial
Mar 12 / Mar 13, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 7, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 6, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 20 / Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 25, 2000	Solar	Partial	Partial
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 14, 2001	Solar	Annular	Partial
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 / May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 8, 2003	Lunar	Total	Total
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 27 / Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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