Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Chatham Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Eclipse visible in Chatham Islands – 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 Chatham Islands 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 Chatham Islands	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 7:15 PM	73°	18.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 8:18 PM	64°	8.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Moonrise	Dec 21 at 9:09 PM	55°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 21 at 9:27 PM	52°	2.2°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 21 at 10:01 PM	46°	6.6°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 10:36 PM	40°	10.7°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 21 at 11:45 PM	26°	17.2°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 22 at 12:48 AM	12°	20.7°		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 Chatham Islands

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

Sun & Moon Calculators for Chatham Islands

• Sunrise and sunset in Chatham Islands
• Moonrise and moonset in Chatham Islands
• Phases of the moon in Chatham Islands