Lunar Eclipse Hitting The Earth Again
As we are marching towards the end of this year, we are about to experience one more eclipse. This time , its a partial lunar eclipse and it happens on the last day of this year.That is December 31st 2009,The New Year’s Eve.The most part of the eclipse is visible from the eastern hemisphere and the entire magnitude of this eclipse is 0.0763.
The greatest of the eclipse takes place at 19.23 (Universal time) and that is when the eclipse reaches the highest magnitude, which is 0.0763. As the eclipse occurs in the eastern hemisphere, most of the Asian,European and African countries can experience this eclipse.
The following table has the list of few places and the time during which the eclipse occurs there. All the time listed here are the local timings of that place.
| Place | Eclipse start time | Eclipse end time | Max eclipse time |
| India | 00.23 | 1.23 | 00.53 |
| France | 19.53 | 20.53 | 20.23 |
| Germany | 19.53 | 20.53 | 20.23 |
| UK | 18.53 | 19.53 | 19.23 |
| Russia | 21.53 | 22.53 | 22.23 |
| Dubai | 22.53 | 23.53 | 23.23 |
CC Image Credit : Fjota
December 6th, 2009
The solar eclipse on 31st December 2009, please advise what time it starts in Brisbane Australia, what times does it end?
December 30th, 2009
Are there any web sites that will offer live video streaming of the eclipse? I’d love to watch it live here in California if possible….thanks!
December 30th, 2009
wht s the timing of lunar eclipse in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. pls reply as i m pregnant and i need to know..
December 31st, 2009
Dar-es-salaam – 9:53pm – 10:53pm
December 31st, 2009
Talking about Dar Es Salaam, we are in full eclipse zone as per NASA. So as per UT it starts 17:17 and ends at 21:29. As we are +3 hours zone, it starts at 20:17 and ends at 00:29 hours on January 1st.
January 1st, 2010
Seen the partial Lunar Eclipse. It was so clear in the UK.