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| Total Eclipse of The Moon
to be Visible in some parts of India |
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A
total eclipse of the Moon will occur in the early morning
of Thursday,
the 21st February 2008
(2 Phalguna 1929 Saka Era) from 0713 Hrs to 1039 Hrs IST.
The
eclipse is visible in the region covering Arctic,
western parts of Asia,
most of Arabia,
Africa
except Madagascar,
Europs and the Americas.
The
beginning of the umbral phase will be visible from the Indian
Ocean,
Crozet
Island,
Mauritius,
Maldives,
extreme north Western tip of Indian and western parts of Russia. The ending will be visible
from the Pacific
ocean,
western parts of Alaska
and extreme north eastern parts of Russia.
Visibility
in India
The
partial phase of the eclipse
will only be visible at the extreme north-western parts of
India
at the time of beginning of the eclipse. The circumstances of the eclipse
are as follows :
|
Phenomena
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Time
in I.S.T.
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|
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d
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h
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m
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Eclipse
begins
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21
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7
|
13
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Total
eclipse begins
|
21
|
8
|
31
|
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Middle
of the eclipse*
|
21
|
8
|
56
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Total
eclipse ends
|
21
|
9
|
22
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Eclipse
ends
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21
|
10
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39
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*Magnitude
of the eclipse = 1.111 (Moon’s diameter = 1.0)
Duration
of the eclipse = 3 h 26 m.
The
Moon enters penumbra at h.6-05 I.S.T.
The
Moon leaves penumbra at h. 11-47 I.S.T.
The
enclosed table gives local circumstances for some places of
India
PARTIAL
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, FEBRUARY 21
LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO INDIA
Only
the beginning of the partial phase of the eclipse will be
visible at the extreme north-western parts of India
The
eclipse will begin when the Moon will be near the western
horizon.
Eclipse
begins at 7 h
13 m I.S.T.
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Place
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Moonset
(Upper Limb) I.S.T.
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Sunrise I.S.T.
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h
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m
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h
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m
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Bhuj
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7
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19
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7
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20
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Dwarka
|
7
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21
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7
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22
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Jamnagar
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7
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17
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7
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18
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Jaisalmer
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7
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18
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7
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18
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Lakhpat
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7
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24
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7
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25
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Porbandar
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7
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19
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7
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19
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Source : Press Information
Bureau
Date : February 19, 2008
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