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April 17, 1912 — Total Solar Eclipse — Douna Fèndouya, Sahel, Burkina Faso

Apr 17, 1912 at 10:59 am
Max View in Douna Fèndouya
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in Douna Fèndouya
Began: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 9:54 am
Maximum: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 10:59 am 0.318 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 12:09 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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April 17, 1912 — Total Solar Eclipse — Douna Fèndouya

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

09:54:40

Wed, Apr 17

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

94°
59.4°
Partial Solar Eclipse

10:59:24

Wed, Apr 17

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

104°
75.0°
Partial Solar Eclipse

12:09:02

Wed, Apr 17

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

214°
85.2°

* 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 14.1 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.

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like near the maximum point. The curvature of the Moon's path is due to the Earth's rotation.

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Cloud Coverage (Apr 17)

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Douna Fèndouya

Eclipse Visibility From Douna FèndouyaVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 13, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 17, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1916 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 3, 1918 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 29, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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