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

Eclipse visible in San Francisco – Jan 31, 2018 Total 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

Local times for eclipse in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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.

EventTime in San FranciscoDirectionAltitudeLooks likeComments
Penumbral eclipse beginsJan 31 at 2:52 AM250°West-southwest49.3° Eclipse as seen from earthThe Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum EclipseJan 31 at 3:51 AM261°West38.4° Eclipse as seen from earthMoon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse beginsJan 31 at 3:51 AM261°West38.4° Eclipse as seen from earthPartial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse beginsJan 31 at 4:53 AM271°West26.5° Eclipse as seen from earthTotal moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse endsJan 31 at 6:07 AM281°West12.4° Eclipse as seen from earthTotal moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse endsJan 31 at 7:09 AM290°West-northwest1.3° Eclipse as seen from earthPartial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
MoonsetJan 31 at 7:17 AM291°West-northwest0.0° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Penumbral Eclipse endsJan 31 at 8:07 AM299°West-northwest9.2° belowNot directly visibleUnder 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.

Times are local for San Francisco (PST - Pacific Standard Time).

Other eclipses visible in San Francisco

Dates
(Click link for
path info)		ObjectType at maxVisibility in
San Francisco		Looks like in
San Francisco		Path of the eclipse
Apr 25, 2013LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 18, 2013LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 14 / Apr 15, 2014LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 8, 2014LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 23, 2014SolarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 4, 2015LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 27, 2015LunarTotalTotalEclipse as seen from earth
Mar 23, 2016LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 16, 2016LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Feb 10, 2017LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Aug 7, 2017LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Aug 21, 2017SolarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 31, 2018LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 27, 2018LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 20, 2019LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 16, 2019LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 10, 2020LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 5, 2020LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 4, 2020LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 29 / Nov 30, 2020LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
May 26, 2021LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 18 / Nov 19, 2021LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
May 15, 2022LunarTotalTotalEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 8, 2022LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
May 5, 2023LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 14, 2023SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 28, 2023LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth

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