চন্দ্র গ্ৰহন Total Lunar Eclipse, will take place on June 15, 2011 in India. I
চন্দ্র গ্ৰহন Total Lunar Eclipse, will take place on June 15, 2011 in India. It will be visible from Assam, It is the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the second occurring on Dec 2011.
The eclipse on 2011 June 15 is deepest at 20:12 Universal Time, and will be visible from most of Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East and India, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand.
Chandragrahan will be taking place in India between 23:53 and 03:32 (11:53 PM on June 15 to 03:32 AM early morning on June 16, 2011.)
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon enters the shadow of Earth and gets cut off from all direct sunlight. This can only happen at full moon when it is directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth. If the moon’s orbit was in the same plane as the Earth’s, a total eclipse would happen every month. The orbit is tipped about 5° however, so the moon is more often out of alignment with the sun and Earth when it is full.
