Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Christchurch, New Zealand

Eclipse visible in Christchurch – May 26 – May 27, 2021 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 Christchurch on Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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 Christchurch	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	May 26 at 8:49 PM	79°	40.0°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	May 26 at 9:49 PM	66°	50.2°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	May 26 at 9:50 PM	66°	50.3°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	May 27 at 12:48 AM	349°	66.7°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	May 27 at 1:49 AM	318°	62.0°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Christchurch

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Christchurch	Looks like in Christchurch	Path of the eclipse
Mar 23 / Mar 24, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 17, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Feb 11, 2017	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 8, 2017	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 31 / Feb 1, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 28, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 21, 2019	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 17, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 11, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 6, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 30 / Dec 1, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26 / May 27, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 19 / Nov 20, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 16, 2022	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 8 / Nov 9, 2022	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 6, 2023	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 29, 2023	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 25, 2024	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 18, 2024	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 14, 2025	Lunar	Total	Total
Sep 8, 2025	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 22, 2025	Solar	Partial	Partial
Mar 3 / Mar 4, 2026	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2026	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

Sun & Moon Calculators for Christchurch

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