Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Sofia, Bulgaria

Eclipse visible in Sofia – Jul 16, 2000 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 Sofia on Sunday, July 16, 2000

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 Sofia	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Jul 16 at 1:51 PM	16°	68.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Jul 16 at 2:59 PM	49°	61.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Jul 16 at 4:04 PM	69°	51.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Jul 16 at 5:49 PM	89°	33.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Jul 16 at 6:53 PM	99°	22.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Jul 16 at 8:02 PM	110°	10.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Jul 16 at 8:43 PM	116°	2.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Sofia

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Sofia	Looks like in Sofia	Path of the eclipse
Feb 9, 1990	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 6, 1990	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 30, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 27, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 26, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 21, 1991	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jun 15, 1992	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 9 / Dec 10, 1992	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 4, 1993	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 29, 1993	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 25, 1994	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 18, 1994	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 15, 1995	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Oct 8, 1995	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 4, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 27, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 12, 1996	Solar	Partial	Partial
Mar 24, 1997	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 16 / Sep 17, 1997	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 13, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 8, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 6, 1998	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 11, 1999	Solar	Total	Partial
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial

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