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December 10, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Niš, Serbia

Dec 10, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Near max in Niš
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Niš
Began: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Maximum: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:57 pm 0.998 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 36 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

December 10, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Niš

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:33 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 18°
-22.8°
1:45 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 34°
-17.1°
3:06 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 50°
-7.6°
3:31 pm Sat, Dec 10Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Northeast 54°
-4.0°
3:54 pm Sat, Dec 10RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-northeast 58°
-0.2°
3:57 pm Sat, Dec 10
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
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.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction East-northeast 58°
0.2°
3:57 pm Sat, Dec 10
Maximum in Niš This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Niš. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Niš 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 58°
0.2°
5:17 pm Sat, Dec 10
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 71°
12.6°
6:30 pm Sat, Dec 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 82°
24.9°

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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 Niš, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 85% of the time (since 2000).

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Dec 21, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
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Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
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Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral 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 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
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Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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