Partial Solar Eclipse of 2001 December 14

What Will The Eclipse Look Like

From Central America, South America

and The Caribbean?

The diagram above shows what the 2001 December 14 solar eclipse will look like from San Jose, Costa Rica.
The times of the start, maximum and end of the eclipse are given for Local Standard Time.
In this case, an annular eclipse occurs.
Eclipse times and diagrams for many other cities are found in the links below.

Partial phases of the solar eclipse of 2001 December 14 will be visible throughtout much of Central America, South America and The Caribbean (See: Global Map in Low, Medium and High resolution).

The following table lists times (Local Standard Time) and local circumstances at maximum eclipse for a number of cities. Please note that times are given using the 24 hour 'military style' time. To convert times later than 12:59 to 'pm', just subtract 12 hours from the time. The predictions include the times of beginning, maximum and end of the eclipse, the magnitude (expressed as a decimal fraction), the altitude of the Sun during the eclipse and the duration of the eclipse from start to finish.

Cities are listed alphabetically by country and city. Click on a city of your choice and get a preview of how maximum eclipse will appear. Each eclipse GIF is only 31 kBytes in size, so access time should be fast.

Extreme care must be taken when looking at the Sun. There are a number of ways to Safely View the Eclipse which you should consider. Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or through any optical device (e.g. - camera, binoculars or telescope). There are a several types of Solar Filters designed specifically for eclipse viewing which are available from a number of filter manufacturers and distributors. You can also use the pinhole projection method to safely watch the eclipse.

If you find problems with any of the links on this page, kindly bring them to the attention of Fred Espenak (espenak@gsfc.nasa.gov).

Definitions for columns in the table below are as follows:

Eclipse Begins - Local Time of the beginning of the eclipse.
Maximum Eclipse - Local Time of the maximum phase of the eclipse.
Eclipse Ends - Local Time of the end of the eclipse.
If the time is followed by the letter 'r', the event occurs at sunrise.
If the time is followed by the letter 's', the event occurs at sunset.

Mag. - Eclipse Magnitude is the fraction of Sun's diameter eclipsed by the Moon at maximum eclipse.
Sun Alt. - Altitude of Sun above horizon at maximum eclipse (in degrees).
Duration Partial Eclipse - Complete length of the eclipse from start to finish (in hours and minutes).

Central America

(All Times are Local Standard Time) Duration Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Partial City Name Begins Eclipse Ends Mag. Alt. Eclipse
Costa Rica
Nosara 15:11 16:32 17:22s 0.976 11° 02h10m
San Jose 15:14 16:33 17:15s 0.956 9° 02h01m
El Salvador
San Salvador 15:05 16:28 17:29s 0.840 13° 02h24m
Guatemala
Guatemala 15:02 16:27 17:33s 0.801 14° 02h30m
Honduras
Tegucigalpa 15:08 16:29 17:20s 0.852 11° 02h12m
Nicaragua
Managua 15:10 16:31 17:20s 0.914 11° 02h10m
Panama
Panama City 16:21 17:35 17:59s 0.875 5° 01h38m

South America

(All Times are Local Standard Time) Duration Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Partial City Name Begins Eclipse Ends Mag. Alt. Eclipse
Bolivia
La Paz 18:13 18:32 18:49 0.041 6° 00h36m
Brazil
Manaus 18:50 19:02s - 0.120 0° 00h11m
Colombia
Barranquilla 16:25 17:36 17:36s 0.874 0° 01h12m
Bogota 16:30 17:37 17:45s 0.689 2° 01h15m
Cali 16:28 17:37 17:56s 0.687 4° 01h29m
Medellin 16:27 17:37 17:48s 0.753 2° 01h21m
Ecuador
Guayaquil 16:28 17:36 18:19s 0.571 10° 01h51m
Quito 16:28 17:36 18:11s 0.609 8° 01h42m
Peru
Lima 16:45 17:33 18:17 0.264 12° 01h33m
Venezuela
Caracas 17:31 18:06s - 0.470 0° 00h34m
Maracaibo 17:28 18:24s - 0.744 0° 00h56m

The Caribbean

(All Times are Local Standard Time) Duration Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Partial City Name Begins Eclipse Ends Mag. Alt. Eclipse
Bahamas
Nassau 16:16 17:19s - 0.663 0° 01h03m
Cuba
Camaguey 16:17 17:29s - 0.767 0° 01h12m
Havana 16:13 17:26 17:43s 0.674 3° 01h31m
Santiago de Cuba 16:19 17:24s - 0.791 0° 01h04m
Dominican Republic
Santiago 17:23 18:04s - 0.558 0° 00h41m
Santo Domingo 17:24 18:03s - 0.532 0° 00h39m
Haiti
Port-au-Prince 17:23 18:12s - 0.673 0° 00h50m
Jamaica
Kingston 16:19 17:31s - 0.867 0° 01h12m
Spanish Town 16:19 17:32s - 0.866 0° 01h13m
Martinique
Fort-de-France 17:31 17:35s - 0.056 0° 00h04m
Netherlands Antilles
Willemstad 17:29 18:11s - 0.576 0° 00h42m
Puerto Rico
San Juan 17:26 17:48s - 0.303 0° 00h21m
St. Lucia
Castries 17:31 17:36s - 0.060 0° 00h04m
Trinidad & Tobago
Port-of-Spain 17:34 17:44s - 0.137 0° 00h10m

The Pacific

(All Times are Local Standard Time) Duration Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Partial City Name Begins Eclipse Ends Mag. Alt. Eclipse
French Polynesia
Papeete 09:14 10:19 11:30 0.261 67° 02h16m

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented in this catalog is based on data originally published in Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the following acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC"

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WebMaster: Fred Espenak Planetary Systems Branch - Code 693 e-mail: espenak@gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA

Last revised: 2001 Nov 06 - F. Espenak