Friday 3 April 2015

Lunar Eclipse‬ on 4th ‪April‬ 2015


The first Lunar Eclipse of 2015. The Moon will be completely covered by the Earth's Umbral shadow at maximum eclipse. The portion of the moon inside the Umbral shadow will only be illuminated by sunlight refracted through the Earth's atmosphere and having a reddish hue. The longest duration of totality would be 4 minutes and 43 seconds.
The Lunar Eclipse would be visible from ‪#‎India‬, western North ‪#‎America‬, South America, the Pacific, East Asia, ‪#‎Australia‬ and New ‪#‎Zealand‬.
4th April 2015 (‪#‎Saturday‬) - Lunar eclipse Timing
Partial Lunar Eclipse in #India
Lunar Eclipse Starts (With Moonrise) - 18:42:59 IST
Lunar Eclipse Ends - 19:15:20 IST
Local Eclipse Duration - 00 Hours 32 Mins 21 Secs
Duration of Partial Phase - 03 Hours 27 Mins 42 Secs
Duration of Penumbral Phase - 05 Hours 55 Mins 59 Secs

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