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Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Dublin, Ireland

Eclipse visible in Dublin – Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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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

Local times for eclipse in Dublin on Sunday, December 30, 2001

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 Dublin	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 30 at 8:30 AM	309°	1.5°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 30 at 8:46 AM	313°	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.
Moonset	Dec 30 at 8:46 AM	313°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 30 at 12:30 PM	0°	13.4° 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.

Times are local for Dublin (GMT - Greenwich Mean Time).

Other eclipses visible in Dublin

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Dublin
Jan 30, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 27, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 26, 1991	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 21, 1991	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
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 10, 1994	Solar	Annular	Partial
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 3 / 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, 1997	Lunar	Total	Total
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, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral