Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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.