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May 29, 1919 — Total Solar Eclipse — Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

May 29, 1919 at 2:36 pm
Max View in Lagos, Lagos
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Lagos, Lagos
Began: Thu, May 29, 1919 at 1:05 pm
Maximum: Thu, May 29, 1919 at 2:36 pm 0.908 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, May 29, 1919 at 3:54 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 29, 1919 — Total Solar Eclipse — Lagos

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Lagos. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (+0030) for Lagos.

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* 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 0 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.

The total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Lagos, 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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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Lagos

Eclipse Visibility From LagosVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Total 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
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 3, 1918 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 29, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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