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April 17, 1912 — Total Solar Eclipse — Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Apr 17, 1912 at 1:14 pm
Max View in Lausanne, Vaud
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Lausanne, Vaud
Began: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 11:51 am
Maximum: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 1:14 pm 0.890 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Apr 17, 1912 at 2:36 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 46 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 17, 1912 — Total Solar Eclipse — Lausanne

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

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

11:51:08

Wed, Apr 17

Partial eclipse begins

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

163°
52.9°
Partial Solar Eclipse

13:14:06

Wed, Apr 17

Maximum eclipse

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

197°
52.9°
Partial Solar Eclipse

14:36:46

Wed, Apr 17

Partial eclipse ends

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

226°
45.5°

* 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 total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Lausanne, 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.

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Cloud Coverage (Apr 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 67% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Lausanne

Eclipse Visibility From LausanneVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Partial 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
Aug 21, 1914 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 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 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 23, 1917 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 28, 1917 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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