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December 24, 1927 — Partial Solar Eclipse — West Point, Western Cape, South Africa

Dec 24, 1927 at 4:42 am
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Global Event: Partial Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in West Point
Began: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 4:10 am
Maximum: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 4:42 am 0.160 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 5:15 am
Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

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Location

December 24, 1927 — Partial Solar Eclipse — West Point

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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

04:10:36

Sat, Dec 24

Partial eclipse begins

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

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the ESE.

120°
4.8°
Partial Solar Eclipse

04:42:37

Sat, Dec 24

Maximum eclipse

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

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the ESE.

114°
9.6°
Partial Solar Eclipse

05:15:59

Sat, Dec 24

Partial eclipse ends

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

109°
15.0°

* 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 24.3 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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Eclipses and Transits Visible in West Point

Eclipse Visibility From West PointVisibility Worldwide
May 3, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 18, 1920 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1920 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 1, 1921 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 16–17, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 11–12, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 17, 1923 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 5, 1924 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 14–15, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 28–29, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25–26, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 8, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1927 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 19, 1928 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1929 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 17, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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