Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Nairobi, Kenya

Eclipse visible in Nairobi – Dec 8, 1946 Total 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
• Total Eclipse starts
• Maximum Eclipse
• Total Eclipse ends
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Nairobi on Sunday, December 8, 1946

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	Dec 8 at 6:00 PM	67°	1.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 8 at 6:06 PM	67°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 8 at 6:59 PM	66°	11.1°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 6:59 PM	66°	11.1°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 8:06 PM	63°	25.7°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 9:00 PM	59°	37.2°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 10:08 PM	49°	50.3°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 11:07 PM	33°	59.8°		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 Nairobi

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Nairobi	Looks like in Nairobi	Path of the eclipse
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
Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15 / Aug 16, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 20, 1944	Solar	Annular	Partial
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 19, 1945	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 14 / Jun 15, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Nairobi

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