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April 7, 1940 — Annular Solar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Apr 7, 1940 at 5:00 pm
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Global Event: Annular Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Sun, Apr 7, 1940 at 3:39 pm
Maximum: Sun, Apr 7, 1940 at 5:00 pm 0.708 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Apr 7, 1940 at 6:12 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 34 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 7, 1940 — Annular Solar Eclipse — Columbus

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Columbus. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EST) for Columbus.

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* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 0 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

The annular phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Columbus, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From ColumbusVisibility Worldwide
Apr 7, 1940 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 21–22, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 16, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 1940 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 13, 1941 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 19–20, 1943 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 29, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 9, 1945 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1945 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 23, 1946 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 12, 1947 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 28, 1947 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1948 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12–13, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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