Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Eclipse visible in San Diego – Sep 15, 1951 Penumbral 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

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• Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
• Maximum Eclipse
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in San Diego on Saturday, September 15, 1951

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 San Diego	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Sep 15 at 3:31 AM	238°	35.0°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Sep 15 at 5:26 AM	258°	13.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moonset	Sep 15 at 6:36 AM	267°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Sep 15 at 7:22 AM	274°	9.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

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.

Other eclipses visible in San Diego

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in San Diego	Looks like in San Diego	Path of the eclipse
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 2, 1942	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 25, 1942	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 4, 1943	Solar	Total	Partial
Feb 19 / Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 8 / Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 18, 1945	Lunar	Total	Total
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 3, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 12, 1947	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 27 / Nov 28, 1947	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 23, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 1948	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 12, 1949	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 6, 1949	Lunar	Total	Total
Apr 2, 1950	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 25, 1950	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 7, 1951	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 23, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 16, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 15, 1951	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral

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