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Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Cape Town, South Africa

Eclipse visible in Cape Town – Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse

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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

Local times for eclipse in Cape Town 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.

EventTime in Cape TownDirectionAltitudeLooks likeComments
Penumbral eclipse beginsOct 8 at 10:17 AM234°Southwest49.6° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Partial eclipse beginsOct 8 at 11:18 AM214°Southwest58.2° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Total Eclipse beginsOct 8 at 12:27 PM182°South62.7° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Total Eclipse endsOct 8 at 1:22 PM155°South-southeast60.7° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Partial Eclipse endsOct 8 at 2:32 PM129°Southeast52.3° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Penumbral Eclipse endsOct 8 at 3:32 PM114°East-southeast42.1° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Maximum EclipseOct 8 at 4:07 PM107°East-southeast35.9° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Times are local for Cape Town (SAST - South Africa Standard Time).

Other eclipses visible in Cape Town

Dates
(Click link for
path info)		ObjectType at maxVisibility in
Cape Town		Looks like in
Cape Town		Path of the eclipse
Jan 26, 2009SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Feb 9, 2009LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 7, 2009LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Aug 6, 2009LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Dec 31, 2009LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 26, 2010LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Dec 21, 2010LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 15 / Jun 16, 2011LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 25, 2011SolarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Dec 10, 2011LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 4, 2012LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 28, 2012LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 25 / Apr 26, 2013LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 18 / Oct 19, 2013LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 15, 2014LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 8, 2014LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 4, 2015LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 13, 2015SolarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 28, 2015LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Mar 23, 2016LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 1, 2016SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 16, 2016LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Feb 11, 2017LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Feb 26, 2017SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Aug 7, 2017LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 31, 2018LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 27 / Jul 28, 2018LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 21, 2019LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 16 / Jul 17, 2019LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth

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