Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Accra, Ghana

Eclipse visible in Accra – 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 Accra 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 Accra	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 5:19 PM	65°	7.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 31 at 5:51 PM	66°	0.0°	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 31 at 6:56 PM	67°	13.7°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 7:03 PM	67°	15.1°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 7:42 PM	66°	23.8°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 9:26 PM	61°	46.3°		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 Accra

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Accra	Looks like in Accra	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 21, 2001	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 24, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 19 / Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 4, 2002	Solar	Total	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8 / Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 24, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Oct 3, 2005	Solar	Annular	Partial
Oct 17, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 14 / Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 29, 2006	Solar	Total	Total
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 22, 2006	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 3 / Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 5 / Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Accra

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