Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada

Eclipse visible in Cape Dorset – Dec 31, 2009 Partial 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
• Maximum Eclipse
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Cape Dorset on Thursday, December 31, 2009

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 Cape Dorset	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 12:19 PM	4°	1.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 31 at 1:47 PM	23°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 2:03 PM	26°	0.5°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 31 at 2:23 PM	30°	1.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 2:42 PM	34°	2.4°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 4:26 PM	56°	9.7°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

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 Cape Dorset

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Cape Dorset	Looks like in Cape Dorset	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 11, 1999	Solar	Total	Partial
Jan 20 / Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 30, 2000	Solar	Partial	Partial
Dec 25, 2000	Solar	Partial	Partial
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 24, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 19, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 15 / May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 8, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 27 / Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 14, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 3, 2007	Lunar	Total	Total
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20 / Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 1, 2008	Solar	Total	Partial
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 5, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Partial

Sun & Moon Calculators for Cape Dorset

• Sunrise and sunset in Cape Dorset
• Moonrise and moonset in Cape Dorset
• Phases of the moon in Cape Dorset