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March 17, 1988 — Total Solar Eclipse — Honolulu, HI, USA

Mar 17, 1988 at 5:33 pm
Max View in Honolulu, Hawaii
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Honolulu, Hawaii
Began: Thu, Mar 17, 1988 at 5:28 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 17, 1988 at 5:33 pm 0.003 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Mar 17, 1988 at 5:39 pm
Duration: 10 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 17, 1988 — Total Solar Eclipse — Honolulu

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

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:28:43

Thu, Mar 17

Partial eclipse begins

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

262°
16.3°
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:33:53

Thu, Mar 17

Maximum eclipse

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

263°
15.2°
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:39:00

Thu, Mar 17

Partial eclipse ends

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

264°
13.6°

* 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 55.9 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 Honolulu, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse. The Moon covered only a small portion of the Sun.

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Cloud Coverage (Mar 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 75% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Honolulu

Eclipse Visibility From HonoluluVisibility Worldwide
Aug 10, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 25, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 19–20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 30, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 29–30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 14, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 13, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1986 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 12, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 22, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 17, 1988 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 26–27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 7, 1989 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 16, 1989 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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