Kolkata: A total lunar eclipse will occur on November 8, 2022 (17 Kartika, 1944 Saka Era), the India Meteorological Department stated here today.
The eclipse will begin at 14 hr 39 min IST. The total eclipse will start at 15 hours 46 minutes IST. The ending time of totality is 17 hours 12 minutes IST and the ending time of partial phase is 18h 19m IST.
The eclipse will be visible from all places of India at the time of Moonrise. However, the beginning of the partial and total phases of the eclipse will not be visible from any place in India as the phenomena will be in progress before Moonrise.
The ending of both the total and the partial phases will be visible from the eastern parts of the country. Only the ending of the partial phase will be visible from the rest parts of the country.
The eclipse will be visible in the region covering South America, North America, Australia, Asia, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
For the cities in eastern parts of the country, like Kolkata and Guwahati, at the time of Moonrise, the total phase of the eclipse will be in progress. For Kolkata, the duration of totality from Moonrise time up to the end is 20 minutes and the duration from Moonrise time up to the end of the partial eclipse is 1 hour 27 minutes. For Guwahati, the duration of totality from Moonrise time up to end is 38 minutes and the duration from Moonrise time up to end of the partial eclipse is 1 hour 45 minutes.
For other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Bengaluru, at the time of Moonrise, the partial eclipse after the end of totality will be in progress and for the above cities, the duration from the Moonrise time up to the end of the partial eclipse will be 50 minutes, 18 minutes, 40 minutes and 29 minutes, respectively.
The next lunar eclipse which will be visible from India is on October 28, 2023, and the same is a partial eclipse. The last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on November 19, 2021, and it was a partial eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and when all three objects are aligned. A total lunar eclipse will occur when the whole moon comes under the umbral shadow of the Earth and a partial lunar eclipse occurs when only when a part of the moon comes under the shadow of the Earth.
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