Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Harare, Zimbabwe

Eclipse visible in Harare – Oct 28, 1939 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 Harare on Saturday, October 28, 1939

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 Harare	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 28 at 5:16 AM	283°	0.0°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Moonset	Oct 28 at 5:16 AM	283°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 5:44 AM	281°	7.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 6:56 AM	276°	23.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 10:17 AM	259°	69.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 11:28 AM	220°	83.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Oct 28 at 6:18 PM	76°	0.0°	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 Harare

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Harare	Looks like in Harare	Path of the eclipse
May 9, 1929	Solar	Total	Partial
May 23, 1929	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 1, 1929	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 17, 1929	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 13, 1930	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Oct 7, 1930	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Apr 2 / Apr 3, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 26 / Sep 27, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 22, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 14 / Sep 15, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 24, 1933	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 12, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 4, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jan 30, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 10, 1934	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial

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