Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Sulaimaniya, Iraq

Eclipse visible in Sulaimaniya – Dec 31 – Jan 1, 2010 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 Sulaimaniya 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 Sulaimaniya	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 8:19 PM	88°	41.5°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 31 at 9:56 PM	105°	60.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 31 at 10:03 PM	106°	61.8°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 31 at 10:42 PM	119°	69.0°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Jan 1 at 12:26 AM	202°	77.2°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Sulaimaniya

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Sulaimaniya	Looks like in Sulaimaniya	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 1999	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 28, 1999	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 11, 1999	Solar	Total	Total
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 9 / Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
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	Partial
Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 29, 2006	Solar	Total	Partial
Sep 7 / Sep 8, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 3 / Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 1, 2008	Solar	Total	Partial
Aug 16 / Aug 17, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 31 / Jan 1, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Sulaimaniya

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