Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Tehran, Iran

Eclipse visible in Tehran – Oct 17, 2005 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 Tehran on Monday, October 17, 2005

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 Tehran	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 17 at 1:25 PM	33°	39.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 17 at 3:12 PM	57°	24.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 17 at 3:55 PM	64°	16.7° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 17 at 5:21 PM	77°	0.0° below		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
Moonrise	Oct 17 at 5:21 PM	77°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Oct 17 at 5:21 PM	77°	0.0°	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 17 at 5:42 PM	80°	3.8°		The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Moonset	Oct 18 at 6:57 AM	287°	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 Tehran

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Tehran	Looks like in Tehran	Path of the eclipse
Apr 15, 1995	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Oct 8, 1995	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 24, 1995	Solar	Total	Partial
Apr 4, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 27, 1996	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
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
Jan 9 / Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 31, 2003	Solar	Annular	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4 / May 5, 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	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Tehran

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