Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Kiritimati, Christmas Island, Kiribati

Eclipse visible in Kiritimati – Dec 21 – Dec 22, 2010 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 Kiritimati on Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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 Kiritimati	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 7:30 PM	66°	16.0°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 21 at 8:32 PM	63°	29.5°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 8:33 PM	63°	29.8°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 9:42 PM	57°	44.3°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 10:51 PM	45°	57.6°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 22 at 12:00 Midnight	18°	66.6°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 22 at 1:03 AM	342°	66.7°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Kiritimati

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Kiritimati	Looks like in Kiritimati	Path of the eclipse
Jan 21, 2000	Lunar	Total	Total
Jul 17, 2000	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 10, 2001	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 6, 2001	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 15, 2001	Solar	Annular	Partial
Dec 30 / Dec 31, 2001	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 27, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 5, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 2004	Lunar	Total	Partial
Apr 24 / Apr 25, 2005	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 17 / Oct 18, 2005	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 8, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 28 / Aug 29, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 17, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 10, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 7 / Jul 8, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 22, 2009	Solar	Total	Partial
Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 1, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jun 26 / Jun 27, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jul 12, 2010	Solar	Total	Partial
Dec 21 / Dec 22, 2010	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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