we Can enjoy the Longest Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday 15 jun 2011

PARIS - Astronomers in parts of Europe, Africa, Central Asia and Australia expect clear skies on Wednesday to enjoy a total lunar eclipse, the first of 2011 and the longest in nearly 11 years.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the moon.

Lunar face sometimes orange-red, copper or brown, tinged with sunlight refracted as it passes through our atmosphere.

Earth's shadow begins to fall in 1724 GMT and lifts at 2300 GMT, while the "whole" - when the moon is completely covered her face - stretching from 1922 to 2102 GMT, according to NASA's veteran eclipse-observer Fred Espenak.

The period of 100 minutes of totality is the longest since July 2000.

"Observers from across Europe will miss the early stages of the eclipse because it occurs before moonrise. Fortunately, everything looks across the continent, except in northern Scotland and northern Scandinavia. "

East Asia, eastern Australia and New Zealand will miss the final phase of the eclipse, because they occur after moonset.

Totality will be visible from eastern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. None of the eclipse will be visible from North America, however.

The next total lunar eclipse is on 10 December.

Partial solar eclipse on 1 July and 25 November. The next total solar eclipse will take place on November 13, 2012, on a running track across North, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific and southern South America.

Longest and darkest lunar eclipse will occur in India: When and how do I look it?

The lunar dark longer and total eclipse will occur tomorrow century, giving the sky lovers across the country the opportunity to witness the event.

An unusually long lunar eclipse with the moon sunk deep inside the threshold (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur tomorrow, Nehru Planetarium director N Rathnasree said.

"The total phase of the lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse of exceeding this time was in July 2000," he said.

The next such eclipse will take place only in 2141.

The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 2:32:42 ET. The partial eclipse, meanwhile, will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 3:32:15 ET.

How to watch the Lunar Eclipse? Is it visible to all cities of India?

This lunar eclipse can be seen clearly from anywhere in India. No specific sites mentioned. Only the people in the places where it's cloudy you can not see.
Apart from India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan are some countries where the lunar eclipse will be visible. Almost the entire Eastern Hemisphere can be seen.
The lunar eclipse will be visible in India as of 23:52 pm, June 15 at 3:32 am on June 16. Usually it is visible for nearly 100 minutes, but this year will last more than ever.