Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Bridgetown, Barbados

Eclipse visible in Bridgetown – 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 Bridgetown 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 Bridgetown	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 1:30 AM	298°	63.2°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 21 at 2:32 AM	292°	49.9°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 2:33 AM	292°	49.6°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 3:42 AM	290°	34.4°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 4:51 AM	291°	19.1°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 6:00 AM	293°	4.3°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Moonset	Dec 21 at 6:21 AM	294°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 7:03 AM	297°	9.3° 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 Bridgetown

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Bridgetown	Looks like in Bridgetown	Path of the eclipse
Jan 20 / Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 24, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 19, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 15 / May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8 / Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 27 / Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 8, 2005	Solar	Total	Partial
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 14, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 22, 2006	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 3, 2007	Lunar	Total	Total
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20 / Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jun 26, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 21, 2010	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Bridgetown

• Sunrise and sunset in Bridgetown
• Moonrise and moonset in Bridgetown
• Phases of the moon in Bridgetown