Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Khartoum, Sudan

Eclipse visible in Khartoum – Dec 8, 1946 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 Khartoum on Sunday, December 8, 1946

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 Khartoum	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 5:15 PM	67°	1.1°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Maximum Eclipse	Dec 8 at 6:14 PM	70°	13.5°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Partial eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 6:14 PM	70°	13.5°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Dec 8 at 7:21 PM	72°	28.2°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Total Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 8:15 PM	73°	40.3°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 9:23 PM	71°	55.2°		Partial moon eclipse ends.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Dec 8 at 10:22 PM	65°	68.1°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Some of the eclipse is very close to the horizon.

Other eclipses visible in Khartoum

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Khartoum	Looks like in Khartoum	Path of the eclipse
Jan 8, 1936	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 19, 1936	Solar	Total	Partial
Jul 4, 1936	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Dec 28, 1936	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 25, 1937	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Nov 18, 1937	Lunar	Partial	Partial
May 14, 1938	Lunar	Total	Partial
Nov 7 / Nov 8, 1938	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 3, 1939	Lunar	Total	Partial
Oct 28, 1939	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 23, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 22, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Oct 16, 1940	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Mar 13, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Sep 5, 1941	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Mar 2 / Mar 3, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Aug 26, 1942	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Feb 20, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Aug 15, 1943	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Feb 9, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 6, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jul 20, 1944	Solar	Annular	Partial
Aug 4, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Dec 29, 1944	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Jun 25, 1945	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jul 9, 1945	Solar	Total	Partial
Dec 19, 1945	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jun 14, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Dec 8, 1946	Lunar	Total	Penumbral

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