Lunar Eclipse June 2011

Lunar Eclipse June 2011: Lunar Eclipse June 2011: Year’s 1st Total Eclipse: A Total lunar eclipse will take place on June 15, 2011. It is the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the second occurring on December 10. Tonight’s lunar eclipse will be visible to observers in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia. Many people in South America, Western Africa and Europe will view the eclipse at moon rise.

The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur on Wednesday, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event. An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said.
“The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000,” she said.

The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. The partial eclipse will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST.
The eclipse will be visible completely in Africa and Central Asia. It will be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia, C B Devgun from Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) said.
The magnitude of the one of the relatively rare total lunar eclipse will be 1.70 magnitude,

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