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August 21, 2017 — Total Solar Eclipse — Dublin, Ireland (Baile Átha Cliath (Irish))

Aug 21, 2017 at 8:02 pm
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Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in Dublin
Began: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:38 pm
Maximum: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:02 pm 0.101 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:26 pm
Duration: 49 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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August 21, 2017 — Total Solar Eclipse — Dublin

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Dublin. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (IST) for Dublin.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

19:38:20

Mon, Aug 21

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the W.

279°
8.0°
Partial Solar Eclipse

20:02:53

Mon, Aug 21

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the WNW.

284°
4.7°
Partial Solar Eclipse

20:26:50

Mon, Aug 21

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

The Sun is close to the horizon, we recommend going to a higher point.

289°
1.4°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 68.8 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

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The total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Dublin, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse. The Moon covered only a small portion of the Sun.

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Cloud Coverage (Aug 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 90% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Dublin

Eclipse Visibility From DublinVisibility Worldwide
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Partial Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10–11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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