A total lunar eclipse on December 10, 2011 will be the second and
final eclipse of the year, the first having occurred on June 15.
A free-of-cost public observation of the upcoming lunar eclipse is
being organised by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Delhi
(AAAD) in partnership with the Nehru Planetarium at the Teen Murti
Bhawan lawns on December 10, 2011. Some of India’s biggest and best
telescopes will be set up for the general public to enjoy this last
eclipse of the year 2011 from 5:00 pm onwards.
The eclipse, which will also be visible in parts of Europe, East
Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and North America, will begin
at 5:03 pm in India. The total length of this lunar eclipse would
measure to about 5 hrs 56 min, and will be visible all across India.

A direct webcast of the event will also be available here;

from 5:30 pm onward for those who
cannot make it to this public watch being organized.
The next total lunar eclipse in India will occur in 2014.
A total lunar eclipse is pretty rare and occurs when the Earth casts
its shadow over the Moon but instead of getting dark, the Moon
remains illuminated, thanks to the indirect sunlight which gives it
a dramatic shade of red.
Lunar eclipses can only occur at full moon, that time when the moon
is directly opposite the Earth in relation to the Sun. So why don’t
we get a lunar eclipse on every full moon? It is because eclipses
are relatively rare. The plane in which the moon orbits around Earth
is tilted 5 degrees compared to the plane of Earth that travels
around the sun (a plane that astronomers call the ecliptic). A lunar
eclipse occurs only when the moon gets into the ecliptic during its
full phase.
Following are the details of the total lunar eclipse of 10th
December 2011:
Penumbral Eclipse Begins:  17:04 IST
Partial Eclipse Begins:  18:16 IST
Total Eclipse Begins:  19:36 IST
Greatest Eclipse:  20:02 IST
Total Eclipse Ends: 20:27 IST
Partial Eclipse Ends:  21:48 IST
Penumbral Eclipse Ends:  23:00 IST
Moon rises in Delhi is after the Penumbral contact, at 17:17 IST.

A total lunar eclipse on December 10, 2011 will be the second and final eclipse of the year, the first having occurred on June 15.

A free-of-cost public observation of the upcoming lunar eclipse is being organised by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Delhi (AAAD) in partnership with the Nehru Planetarium at the Teen Murti Bhawan lawns on December 10, 2011. Some of India’s biggest and best telescopes will be set up for the general public to enjoy this last eclipse of the year 2011 from 5:00 pm onwards.

The eclipse, which will also be visible in parts of Europe, East Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and North America, will begin at 5:03 pm in India. The total length of this lunar eclipse would measure to about 5 hrs 56 min, and will be visible all across India.

A direct webcast of the event will also be available on the AAAD website www.aaadelhi.org from 5:30 pm onward for those who cannot make it to this public watch being organized.

The next total lunar eclipse in India will occur in 2014.

A total lunar eclipse is pretty rare and occurs when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon but instead of getting dark, the Moon remains illuminated, thanks to the indirect sunlight which gives it a dramatic shade of red.

Lunar eclipses can only occur at full moon, that time when the moon is directly opposite the Earth in relation to the Sun. So why don’t we get a lunar eclipse on every full moon? It is because eclipses are relatively rare. The plane in which the moon orbits around Earth is tilted 5 degrees compared to the plane of Earth that travels around the sun (a plane that astronomers call the ecliptic). A lunar eclipse occurs only when the moon gets into the ecliptic during its full phase.

Following are the details of the total lunar eclipse of 10th December 2011:

Penumbral Eclipse Begins 17:04 IST
Partial Eclipse Begins 18:16 IST
Total Eclipse Begins 19:36 IST
Greatest Eclipse 20:02 IST
Total Eclipse Ends 20:27 IST
Partial Eclipse Ends 21:48 IST
Penumbral Eclipse Ends 23:00 IST

Moon rises in Delhi is after the Penumbral contact, at 17:17 IST.