Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Next eclipse visible in Palo Alto – Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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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 Palo Alto on Friday, October 18, 2013
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 Palo Alto | Direction | Altitude | Looks like | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral eclipse begins | Oct 18 at 2:53 PM | 38° | 34.3° below | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Moonrise | Oct 18 at 6:21 PM | 76° | 0.0° | Not directly visible | Under horizon |
| Maximum Eclipse | Oct 18 at 6:23 PM | 76° | 0.3° | Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings. | |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | Oct 18 at 6:48 PM | 80° | 4.8° | The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East. |
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.
Times are local for Palo Alto (PDT - Pacific Daylight Time).Other eclipses visible in Palo Alto
| Dates (Click link for path info) | Object | Type at max | Visibility in Palo Alto | Looks like in Palo Alto | Path of the eclipse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2013 | Lunar | Penumbral | Partial |  | |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Lunar | Penumbral | Penumbral |  | |
| Apr 14 / Apr 15, 2014 | Lunar | Total | Penumbral |  | |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Lunar | Total | Penumbral |  | |
| Oct 23, 2014 | Solar | Partial | Partial |  | |
| Apr 4, 2015 | Lunar | Partial | Penumbral |  | |
| Sep 27, 2015 | Lunar | Total | Total |  | |
| Mar 23, 2016 | Lunar | Penumbral | Penumbral |  | |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Lunar | Penumbral | Partial |  | |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Lunar | Penumbral | Penumbral |  | |
| Aug 7, 2017 | Lunar | Partial | Partial |  | |
| Aug 21, 2017 | Solar | Total | Partial |  | |
| Jan 31, 2018 | Lunar | Total | Penumbral |  | |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Lunar | Total | Partial |  | |
| Jan 20, 2019 | Lunar | Total | Penumbral |  | |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Lunar | Partial | Partial |  | |
| Jan 10, 2020 | Lunar | Penumbral | Partial |  | |
| Jun 5, 2020 | Lunar | Penumbral | Partial |  | |
| Jul 4, 2020 | Lunar | Penumbral | Penumbral |  | |
| Nov 29 / Nov 30, 2020 | Lunar | Penumbral | Penumbral |  | |
| May 26, 2021 | Lunar | Partial | Penumbral |  | |
| Nov 18 / Nov 19, 2021 | Lunar | Partial | Penumbral |  | |
| May 15, 2022 | Lunar | Total | Total |  | |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Lunar | Total | Penumbral |  | |
| May 5, 2023 | Lunar | Penumbral | Partial |  | |
| Oct 14, 2023 | Solar | Annular | Partial |  | |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Lunar | Partial | Partial |  |
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