Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Eclipse visible in Darwin – Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar Eclipse

The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.

Stages in eclipse

• Penumbral Eclipse just started
• Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
• Partial Eclipse starts
• Total Eclipse starts
• Maximum Eclipse
• Total Eclipse ends
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Darwin on Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Click on the Sun/Moon symbols in the column entitled “Looks like” to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event	Time in Darwin	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 3:00 PM	66°	54.8° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 4:03 PM	69°	41.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 5:12 PM	69°	26.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 6:21 PM	68°	11.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 21 at 7:10 PM	66°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 21 at 7:10 PM	66°	0.0°	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 21 at 7:11 PM	66°	0.0°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 7:30 PM	65°	3.7°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 8:33 PM	60°	16.7°		The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moonset	Dec 22 at 6:50 AM	294°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

This eclipse is in progress during sunrise or sunset, so the Sun is displayed only partly in some phases, according to its altitude below the horizon. The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.

Other eclipses visible in Darwin

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Darwin	Looks like in Darwin	Path of the eclipse
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 16 / Jul 17, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5 / Jul 6, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 11, 2002	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 4, 2002	Solar	Total	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 24, 2003	Solar	Total	Partial
May 5, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 8, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Total
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 17, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 26, 2009	Solar	Annular	Partial
Feb 9 / Feb 10, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 1, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jun 26, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 21, 2010	Lunar	Total	Partial

Sun & Moon Calculators for Darwin

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• Moonrise and moonset in Darwin
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