Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Rotorua, New Zealand

Eclipse visible in Rotorua – Oct 8 – Oct 9, 2014 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 Rotorua on Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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 Rotorua	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 8 at 9:17 PM	62°	22.2°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 8 at 10:17 PM	49°	31.5°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 8 at 10:18 PM	49°	31.6°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Oct 8 at 11:27 PM	31°	39.9°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Oct 9 at 12:22 AM	14°	43.8°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 9 at 1:32 AM	350°	44.1°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 9 at 2:32 AM	331°	40.1°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Rotorua

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Rotorua	Looks like in Rotorua	Path of the eclipse
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
Jun 16, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 11, 2011	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 4 / Jun 5, 2012	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 14, 2012	Solar	Total	Partial
Nov 29, 2012	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 26, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 10, 2013	Solar	Annular	Partial
Oct 19, 2013	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Apr 15, 2014	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Oct 8 / Oct 9, 2014	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Apr 4 / Apr 5, 2015	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 28, 2015	Lunar	Total	Partial
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	Penumbral
Jul 17, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral

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