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Total Lunar Eclipse On 8th Nov 2022

November 1, 2022 vidur Leave a comment

Astronomers gear up. A Total Lunar eclipse is coming up on Nov 8. The eclipse will be visible late afternoon in India around 4:30 pm IST. But observers in India will see that the moon after the peak eclipse.

The moon is expected to rise in New Delhi around 17:28 IST, past the peak eclipse point

Penumbral eclipse begins at 08:02 UTC on November 8 (13:32 IST).
Partial eclipse begins at 09:09 UTC on November 8 (14:39 IST).
Totality begins (moon engulfed in Earth’s shadow) begins at 10:16 UTC on November 8 (15:46 IST).
Totality ends at 11:41 UTC on November 8 (17:11 IST).
Partial eclipse ends at 12:49 UTC on November 8 (18:19 IST).
Penumbral eclipse ends at 13:56 UTC on November 8 (8:56 IST).
Maximum eclipse is at 10:59 UTC on November 8 (16:29 IST).
Duration of totality is about 85 minutes.

fun, tonight's sky

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Webcast 16th Sep 2016

September 16, 2016 vidur Leave a comment

Watch AAAD member Ajay Talwar webcast the eclipse live from his terrace
in Gurgaon
Broadcast begins September 16, 2016 9 PM
Click Below to Watch

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Lunar Eclipse, Oct 8th 2014

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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 )

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