Srinagar: A partial lunar eclipse of one hour and 19 minutes’ duration would be witnessed throughout India on 28-29 October night, said the MeT Centre Srinagar on Saturday.
MeT Centre Srinagar said that the umbral phase of this eclipse will begin at 01 hr. 05 min IST on 29th October and will end at 02h 24m IST. “The duration of the eclipse will be 1 hour 19 minutes with very small magnitude 0.126,” it added.
“Though the Moon will enter Penumbra at midnight of 28th October, the umbral phase will start in the early hour of 29th October. The Eclipse will be visible from all places of India around midnight,” reads a notification, detailing the occurrence of the lunar eclipse.
It said that the eclipse would be visible in the region covering Western Pacific Ocean, Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, eastern South America, north-eastern North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean.
“The next lunar eclipse which will be visible from India on 07 September 2025 and the same will be a total Lunar eclipse. Last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on 8 November, 2022 and it was a total eclipse,” reads the notification.
