Friday, December 9, 2011

Last Lunar Eclipse of the year

The final lunar eclipse of the year will occur on December 10.
It will be visible from all of Asia and Australia, seen as rising over eastern Europe, and setting over northwest North America. In the Philippines & Malaysia, the lunar eclipse is visible just after sunset.
Dr. Chandana Jayaratne, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Colombo said a bright red, soft turquoise, total lunar eclipse is visible to Sri Lanka on Saturday, December 10, full Moon day midnight. This is not only the last eclipse of this year but also the last total lunar eclipse visible to the world until 2014.
The eclipse begins at 5.04 p.m. on 10th evening with the Moon entering into the penumbra of the Earth's shadow (less dark shadow) and ends up at 11.00 p.m. Sri Lanka standard time on Saturday (10) night. The visible part of the eclipse for the observers begins around 6.16 p.m. with the moonrise from the eastern skies when Moon enters into the Umbra - the dark part of the Earth’s shadow and the eclipse will appear till the Moon leaves the Umbra at 9.48 p.m. The total eclipse (i.e. the Moon is fully covered by the dark shadow of the earth) is visible for a period of 51 minutes from 7.36 p.m. till 8.27 p.m. with the greatest eclipse occurring at 8.02 p.m. The entire event is visible from Asia and Australia.

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