March 7, 1951 Partial Solar Eclipse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mar 7, 1951 at 5:42 pm

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Global Event:	Annular Solar Eclipse
Local Type:	Partial Solar Eclipse, in Port-au-Prince
Began:	Wed, Mar 7, 1951 at 4:38 pm
Maximum:	Wed, Mar 7, 1951 at 5:42 pm 0.857 Magnitude
Ended:	Wed, Mar 7, 1951 at 5:56 pm
Duration:	1 hour, 19 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

March 7, 1951 — Annular Solar Eclipse — Port-au-Prince

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Port-au-Prince. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EST) for Port-au-Prince.

Detailed view

Time	Event	Direction	Altitude
16:38:01 Wed, Mar 7	Partial eclipse begins The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.	258°	17.5°
17:42:16 Wed, Mar 7	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 W.	264°	2.8°
17:56:54 Wed, Mar 7	Sunset The sun is setting.	265°	0.1°
18:40:30 Wed, Mar 7	Partial eclipse ends The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun. Below Horizon	268°	-11.1°

* 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 29.4 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 annular phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Port-au-Prince, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse. The Moon covered a large portion of the Sun, so this was a spectacular sight.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (Mar 7)

In the past, this day was cloudy 16% of the time (since 2000).

Solar Eclipses

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Port-au-Prince

Eclipse Visibility From Port-au-Prince		Visibility Worldwide
	Apr 2, 1950 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 25–26, 1950 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 7, 1951 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Mar 23, 1951 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 16, 1951 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 1, 1951 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Sep 15, 1951 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 10, 1952 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 20, 1952 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Jan 29, 1953 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jul 26, 1953 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 14, 1953 Mercury Transit	Mercury Transit
	Jan 18–19, 1954 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 30, 1954 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Jul 15, 1954 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 8, 1955 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 17–18, 1956 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	May 13, 1957 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 3, 1958 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	May 3, 1958 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 16, 1959 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Oct 2, 1959 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
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