Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Eclipse visible in Los Angeles – 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 31 at 8:52 AM	318°	19.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 9:19 AM	323°	22.4° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 11:03 AM	346°	31.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 11:42 AM	356°	32.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 1:26 PM	22°	29.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Los Angeles

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Los Angeles	Looks like in Los Angeles	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 20, 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	Penumbral
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, 2003	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 8, 2003	Lunar	Total	Total
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 27, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 14, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 3, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
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	Partial

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