Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Dakar, Senegal

Eclipse visible in Dakar – 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 Dakar 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 Dakar	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 11:35 AM	332°	48.5° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 12:46 PM	356°	53.2° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 10 at 2:08 PM	24°	49.8° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 2:55 PM	37°	44.3° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 4:16 PM	52°	30.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 10 at 5:28 PM	61°	16.9° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 10 at 6:06 PM	64°	9.0° below	Not directly visible	Under horizon

Other eclipses visible in Dakar

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Dakar	Looks like in Dakar	Path of the eclipse
Jan 9, 2001	Lunar	Total	Total
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, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 19 / Nov 20, 2002	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 16, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8 / Nov 9, 2003	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 4, 2004	Lunar	Total	Total
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 14 / Mar 15, 2006	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Mar 29, 2006	Solar	Total	Partial
Sep 7, 2006	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 22, 2006	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 3 / Mar 4, 2007	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 28, 2007	Lunar	Total	Partial
Feb 21, 2008	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 16, 2008	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Feb 9, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 7, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Aug 5 / Aug 6, 2009	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Dec 31, 2009	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jun 26, 2010	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Dec 21, 2010	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 15, 2011	Lunar	Total	Total
Dec 10, 2011	Lunar	Total	Partial

Sun & Moon Calculators for Dakar

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