Bhopal, 28 October: On one hand, the country is celebrating the festival of Sharad Purnima today (Saturday), while on the other hand, the last Lunar Eclipse (LE) of the year is also going to occur at night on this occasion.
The moon of Sharad Purnima, known for its bright moonlight, will be seen losing its shine at midnight today.
At present, the Moon, located about 369425 kilometres away from the Earth, will remain in the Earth’s shadow for a few hours due to the occurrence of a partial lunar eclipse, National Award-winning science broadcaster Sarika Gharu told.
She gave information about the scientific facts of the lunar eclipse. Gharu told me that this lunar eclipse will begin some time after the penumbral eclipse at 11:31 p.m. on October 28, but the partial eclipse that will be felt will start at 1:05 a.m. after midnight, and the maximum eclipse will be at 1:44 a.m. There will be a situation.
She told that this partial eclipse will end at around 2:23 pm, but even after this, the penumbral eclipse will continue, which will completely end at 3:57 pm.
Sarika told me that in this way, scientifically, the total duration of the eclipse will be 4 hours and 25 minutes, but the total duration of the felt partial eclipse will be 1 hour and 17 minutes.
She said that when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun, the Sun’s light is blocked by it, and the entire light of the Sun does not fall on the Moon; that is, the Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon. This is called a lunar eclipse. When the moon is in the earth’s shadow, a penumbral eclipse occurs. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when some part of the moon falls into the dense shadow of the earth. This time, both of these situations are happening.
Science broadcaster Sarika said that this phenomenon of a lunar eclipse will be visible from most parts of the Indian Ocean, including India, Asia, Australia, North America, and South Africa.
In this way, according to mathematical estimates, about 92.14 percent of the world’s population will be able to see some part of the penumbral eclipse, and 87.07 percent of the population will be able to see the partial eclipse.
Details here:
The penumbral eclipse starts on October 28 at 23:31:48.
A partial eclipse starts on October 28 at 01:05:25.
Maximum eclipse: 29 October, 01:44:05
Partial eclipse ends: 29 October, 02:22:40
Penumbral eclipse ends on October 29 at 03:56:25.
Total duration of the lunar eclipse: 4 hours, 25 minutes
Total duration of the partial eclipse: 1 hour, 17 minutes
