Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Nairobi, Kenya

Eclipse visible in Nairobi – Dec 10, 2011 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 Saturday, December 10, 2011

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 10 at 2:35 PM	55°	51.1° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 3:46 PM	63°	36.4° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 5:08 PM	67°	18.6° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 5:55 PM	67°	8.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 10 at 6:29 PM	67°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 10 at 6:29 PM	67°	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	Dec 10 at 6:29 PM	67°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 7:16 PM	67°	10.0°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 8:28 PM	64°	25.7°		The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moonset	Dec 11 at 6:48 AM	292°	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 Nairobi

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Nairobi	Looks like in Nairobi	Path of the eclipse
Jan 9 / Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 21, 2001	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 5, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 30, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 26, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 24 / Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 4, 2002	Solar	Total	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
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
Sep 7, 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 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
Jan 15, 2010	Solar	Annular	Annular
Jun 26, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 21, 2010	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jun 15 / Jun 16, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 10, 2011	Lunar	Total	Partial

Sun & Moon Calculators for Nairobi

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