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

Eclipse visible in Fairbanks – Dec 18, 1945 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 Fairbanks on Tuesday, December 18, 1945

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 Fairbanks	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 1:41 PM	28°	0.3°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 18 at 2:40 PM	40°	3.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 2:40 PM	40°	3.4°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 18 at 3:42 PM	53°	8.0°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 4:59 PM	69°	14.9°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 6:01 PM	82°	21.1°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 18 at 7:00 PM	94°	27.1°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Some of the eclipse is very close to the horizon.

Other eclipses visible in Fairbanks

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Fairbanks	Looks like in Fairbanks	Path of the eclipse
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 15, 1935	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 18, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 27, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 24, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 17 / Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 2, 1937	Solar	Annular	Partial
May 13 / May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 7, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 21, 1938	Solar	Partial	Partial
Apr 19, 1939	Solar	Annular	Partial
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	Partial
Jul 9, 1945	Solar	Total	Partial
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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