when the next lunar eclipse will occur in India?
(published before the eclipse) The 1st lunar eclipse of the year 2009 will occur on February 9th, 2009. The eclipse comes exactly 11 days after the 1st solar eclipse of this year. It is said that this will be the deepest eclipse of the year with a magnitude of 0.899. It will be easily visible to the naked eye as a dusky shading in the northern half of the Moon. The times of the major phases of the Lunar Eclipse in India are : * Eclipse begin time: 18:08:46 IST * Greatest eclipse time: 20:08:15 IST * Eclipse end time: 22:07:40 IST The eclipse is visible from India. People in East Europe, Asia, Australia, Pacific, in Western parts of North America will also witness the eclipse. The penumbras lunar eclipse begins at 6:08 pm IST and ends at 10:08 . Mr Raghunandan Kumar, Founder and Secretary of the Planetry Society of India, says the maximum covering of the moon while passing through Penumbra (lighter shadow of earth) will occur at 8:08 pm. At that time 90 per cent of the moon will be unde
