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December 10, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Qacha's Nek, Lesotho

Dec 10, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Near max in Qacha's Nek
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Qacha's Nek
Began: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Maximum: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:01 pm -0.652 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Duration: 31 minutes

All Â鶹ӳ»­ shown on this page are local time.

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December 10, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Qacha's Nek

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Qacha's Nek. Stages and Â鶹ӳ»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Â鶹ӳ»­ were local time (SAST) for Qacha's Nek.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:33 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 102°
-66.4°
2:45 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 90°
-51.6°
4:06 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 81°
-35.1°
4:31 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 79°
-29.8°
4:57 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 76°
-24.7°
6:17 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 68°
-8.7°
6:59 pm Sat, Dec 10RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 63°
-0.2°
7:01 pm Sat, Dec 10
Maximum in Qacha's Nek This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Qacha's Nek. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Qacha's Nek because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East-northeast 63°
0.2°
7:30 pm Sat, Dec 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 59°
5.0°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Qacha's Nek, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 38% of the time (since 2000).

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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Qacha's Nek

Eclipse Visibility From Qacha's NekVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 13, 2015 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 1, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 26, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

Note: Click on the date link for details in Qacha's Nek, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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