Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Nairobi, Kenya

Eclipse visible in Nairobi – Sep 5, 1941 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 Nairobi on Friday, September 5, 1941

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 Nairobi	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Sep 5 at 6:14 PM	96°	0.7°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Maximum Eclipse	Sep 5 at 8:01 PM	96°	26.1°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Sep 5 at 8:10 PM	96°	28.2°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Sep 5 at 8:54 PM	97°	39.0°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Sep 5 at 10:50 PM	101°	67.1°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Some of the eclipse is very close to the horizon.

Other eclipses visible in Nairobi

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Nairobi	Looks like in Nairobi	Path of the eclipse
Apr 2 / Apr 3, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 26 / Sep 27, 1931	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Mar 22, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 14 / Sep 15, 1932	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 24, 1933	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 12, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 5, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 4, 1933	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jan 30, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jul 26, 1934	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 10, 1934	Solar	Annular	Partial
Jan 19, 1935	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 16, 1935	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Total
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

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