Bhubaneswar: A fortnight after the whole world witnessed the second and last partial solar eclipse of the year, people across the globe are set to witness the last total lunar eclipse on Kartika Purnima, which is falling on November 8 this year.
There are several phases of a total lunar eclipse. In the first phase, the penumbral eclipse will begin at 1.30 pm when the Moon will enter the Earth’s penumbra, and then will begin to dim. The Moon will turn coppery-red as the total phase of the eclipse will begin.
“The phenomenon will occur at 5.5 pm after sunset and city denizens will be able to witness the total eclipse. Following this, the penumbral eclipse will begin to dim at 5.10 and end at 7.25 pm,” Deputy Director of Pathani Samanta Planetarium Subhendu Pattnaik told Odisha Bytes.
Pattnaik also said that the total lunar eclipse will be visible across Odisha with a maximum of 2 to 3 minutes of time gap.
A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon night, when the alignment of the sun, the earth, and the moon is almost in a straight line. During this alignment, the moon passes through the shadow region of the earth for some time.
The total lunar eclipse that will occur on November 8 is the last eclipse of the year, and the second this season.
Visibility in other parts of India
In Kolkata, the moon will start rising from the eastern horizon at around 4.52 pm and will be completely visible by 4.54 pm. Meanwhile, some cities like Kohima, Agartala, and Guwahati in the eastern part of the country will also be able to witness the total eclipse because of their position.
New Delhi will experience a partial eclipse from the moonrise around 5.31 pm with 66 per cent obscuration of the moon since the total phase of the eclipse has already ended by then at 5.11 pm.
The moon will completely rise at 5.57 pm with 23 per cent of its disc obscured by the earth’s shadow in Bengaluru.
Mumbai will see it at around 6.03 pm with only 14 per cent obscuration. In Nagpur, the moon will rise around 5.32 pm with 60 per cent of the disc obscured at around 5.34 pm.
In Srinagar, the eclipse with an obscuration of nearly 66 per cent will rise above the horizon at 5.31 pm.
