Bhubaneswar: A total lunar eclipse will occur on 8th November 2022 (17 Kartika, 1944 Saka Era). The eclipse is visible from all places of India at the time of Moonrise, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) informed.
The beginning of the partial and total phases of the eclipse is not visible from any places of India as the phenomena will be in progress before Moonrise. The ending phase of both the total and the partial phases is visible from the eastern parts of the country.
Only the ending of the partial phase is visible from the rest parts of the country. This eclipse will be visible in the region covering South America, North America, Australia, Asia, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
According to the IMD, the eclipse will begin at 2:39 pm, the total eclipse will start at 3:46 pm. The ending time of totality is 5:12 pm and the ending time of partial phase is 6:19 pm.
“People in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri can view the partial lunar eclipse well, but not the total one. However, northern Odisha districts like Mayurbhanj and Balasore should be able to see the total lunar eclipse, basing on the moonrise timings,” IMD Scientist, Umashankar Das said.
Similarly, the eclipse will not be visible in southern Odisha districts like Koraput and Malkangiri, he added.
For the cities in eastern parts of the country, like Kolkata and Guwahati, at the time of Moonrise, the total phase of the eclipse will be in progress. For Kolkata, the duration of totality from Moonrise time upto the end is 20 min and the duration from Moonrise time upto end of partial eclipse is 1 hr 27 min.
For Guwahati, the duration of totality from Moonrise time upto end is 38 min and the duration from Moonrise time upto end of partial eclipse is I hr 45 min.
For the other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Bengaluru, at the time of Moonrise, the partial eclipse after the end of totality will be in progress and for the above cities, the duration from the Moonrise time upto the end of partial eclipse will be 50 min, 18 min, 40 min and 29 min respectively.
The next lunar eclipse which will be visible from India is on 28th October, 2023 and the same is a partial eclipse. Last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on 19 November, 2021 and it was a partial eclipse.
