Lunar Eclipse, Oct 8th 2014

A total Lunar Eclipse will occur on Oct 8th 2014.The penumbral phase begins at 8:15:33 UTC during broad daylight in India. Moonrise in Delhi will occur at 5:14 IST ( 11:44 UTC ) when the moon will be phase past the U3 umbral-penumbral contact. That means that the maximum extent of the eclipse would be over by the time the moon is visible. However stargazers in India may be able to see the partial phase which will extend into the sunset. The moon will finally come out of the umbral shadow at 7:03 pm ( 13:33 UTC )

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Totality Map of the Eclipse, shamelessly copied from timeanddate.com

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