May 18, 1920 Partial Solar Eclipse in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

May 18, 1920 at 4:55 pm

Max View in Broken Hill, New South Wales

Global Event:	Partial Solar Eclipse
Local Type:	Partial Solar Eclipse in Broken Hill, New South Wales
Began:	Tue, May 18, 1920 at 4:06 pm
Maximum:	Tue, May 18, 1920 at 4:55 pm 0.359 Magnitude
Ended:	Tue, May 18, 1920 at 5:13 pm
Duration:	1 hour, 7 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

May 18, 1920 — Partial Solar Eclipse — Broken Hill

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

Detailed view

Time	Event	Direction	Altitude
16:06:28 Tue, May 18	Partial eclipse begins The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.	302°	11.9°
16:55:41 Tue, May 18	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 WNW.	295°	3.0°
17:13:33 Tue, May 18	Sunset The sun is setting.	293°	0.0°
17:41:07 Tue, May 18	Partial eclipse ends The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun. Below Horizon	289°	-6.4°

* 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 21.8 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 Broken Hill. There were no locations on Earth where the Sun appeared completely covered during this event.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (May 18)

In the past, this day was cloudy 47% of the time (since 2000).

Solar Eclipses

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Broken Hill

Eclipse Visibility From Broken Hill		Visibility Worldwide
	May 18, 1920 Partial Solar Eclipse	Partial Solar Eclipse
	Oct 27–28, 1920 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 22, 1921 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 13, 1922 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 12, 1922 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 21, 1922 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Aug 26, 1923 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20–21, 1924 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	May 8, 1924 Mercury Transit	Mercury Transit
	Aug 15, 1924 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 9, 1925 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 4, 1925 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 29, 1926 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 26, 1926 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 4, 1927 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 10, 1927 Mercury Transit	Mercury Transit
	Dec 9, 1927 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 3–4, 1928 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 27, 1928 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	May 23–24, 1929 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in Broken Hill, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.