The partial eclipse will begin at 12.48 pm and finish at 4.17 pm, stated an official. (Representational)
Kolkata:
The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years will happen on November 19 and shall be seen from components of Northeast India, an astrophysicist stated on Saturday.
The uncommon phenomenon shall be seen from a number of areas in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, Director of Analysis and Tutorial at MP Birla Planetarium Debiprosad Duari advised PTI.
The partial eclipse will begin at 12.48 pm and finish at 4.17 pm, he stated.
The period of the eclipse shall be 3 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds, making it the longest in 580 years, Mr Duari stated.
“Just a few areas in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam will expertise the final fleeting moments of the partial eclipse simply after the moonrise, very near the japanese horizon,” he defined.
The final time a partial lunar eclipse of such size occurred was on February 18, 1440, and the following time the same phenomenon could be witnessed shall be on February 8, 2669, he stated.
The utmost partial eclipse shall be seen at 2.34 pm as 97 per cent of the moon shall be coated by the Earth’s shadow.
The moon is prone to seem blood-red in color, which occurs when the pink beams of the daylight cross by way of the Earth’s ambiance and get least deflected and fall on the moon.
The partial Lunar eclipse shall be seen from North America, South America, japanese Asia, Australia and the Pacific area.
The penumbral eclipse, which happens when the solar, earth, and the moon are imperfectly aligned, will start at 11.32 am and finish at 5.33 pm, Mr Duari stated.
The penumbral eclipse shall be seen from UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha however it may be seen solely briefly from these locations, he stated.
A penumbral eclipse isn’t as spectacular and dramatic because the partial eclipse and generally doesn’t even get seen, he stated.
The final lunar eclipse was on July 27, 2018. The following lunar eclipse shall be on Could 16, 2022, nevertheless it won’t be seen from India, Duari stated.
The following lunar eclipse to be seen from India shall be on November 8, 2022.
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