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December 24, 1927 — Partial Solar Eclipse — Davis, Antarctica (Davis Base, Vestfold Hills)

Dec 24, 1927 at 3:31 am
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Global Event: Partial Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in Davis
Began: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 2:50 am
Maximum: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 3:31 am 0.167 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Dec 24, 1927 at 4:12 am
Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 24, 1927 — Partial Solar Eclipse — Davis

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

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

02:50:37

Sat, Dec 24

Partial eclipse begins

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

70°
32.8°
Partial Solar Eclipse

03:31:08

Sat, Dec 24

Maximum eclipse

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

59°
36.2°
Partial Solar Eclipse

04:12:50

Sat, Dec 24

Partial eclipse ends

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

48°
39.2°

* 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 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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During this partial solar eclipse, the Moon covered only parts of the Sun, as seen from Davis. There were no locations on Earth where the Sun appeared completely covered during this event. The Moon covered only a small portion of the Sun.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (Dec 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 91% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Davis

Eclipse Visibility From DavisVisibility Worldwide
May 2–3, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 18, 1920 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1920 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 1, 1921 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 16–17, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 11, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 5–6, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 17, 1923 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 14, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 4, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 28, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 3, 1927 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 24, 1927 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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