Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Total Eclipse of the Moon

A total eclipse of the Moon will occur tomorrow on October 8, 2014 (16 Asvina, 1936 Saka era) from 14-45 hrs to 18-05 hrs IST.

The Eclipse will be visible in the region covering the Americas, Australasia and Asia.

The places from where the beginning of the umbral phase is visible at the time of moonset are some parts of Argentina, Brazil, North Atlantic Ocean and Green Land.

The places from where the ending of umbral phase is visible at the time of moonrise are Indian Ocean, some parts of India, western parts of China, some parts of Kazakhstan and Russia.

At the time of moonrise, the umbral phase i.e. partial phase of the eclipse will be visible for a short duration in India, except from western region of the country.
 
Source : PIB

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