Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Durban, South Africa

Eclipse visible in Durban – Oct 28 – Oct 29, 2023 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 Durban on Saturday, October 28, 2023

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 Durban	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 8:04 PM	57°	22.8°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 28 at 9:40 PM	36°	37.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Oct 28 at 9:40 PM	36°	37.4°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Partial Eclipse ends	Oct 28 at 10:49 PM	17°	43.6°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 29 at 12:25 AM	345°	43.5°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Other eclipses visible in Durban

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Durban	Looks like in Durban	Path of the eclipse
Jan 31, 2018	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jul 27 / Jul 28, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jan 21, 2019	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16 / Jul 17, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jan 10, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 30, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
May 26, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Nov 19, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 16, 2022	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Nov 8, 2022	Lunar	Total	Partial
May 5, 2023	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 28 / Oct 29, 2023	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 25, 2024	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Sep 18, 2024	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 14, 2025	Lunar	Total	Partial
Sep 7, 2025	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 17, 2026	Solar	Annular	Partial
Mar 3, 2026	Lunar	Total	Partial
Aug 28, 2026	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 6, 2027	Solar	Annular	Partial
Feb 20 / Feb 21, 2027	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 17, 2027	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jan 12, 2028	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Jul 6, 2028	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 31, 2028	Lunar	Total	Total

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