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A Total Eclipse of the Moon will occur on Thursday, October 28, 2004 from, 0644 to 1024 Hrs. IST. The beginning of the umbral phase will be visible in Africa, Europe, Greenland, the Arctic region, North America (except its extreme northwest), Central America, South America, extreme western Asia, part of Queen Maud Land and the peninsula of Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean, the eastern South Pacific Ocean and the western Indian Ocean; the ending visible in North America, the Arctic region, Greenland, Central America, South America, Europe, western Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
However, 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. Following are the important places.
Place Moonset in I.S.T
Bhuj 0654 Hrs.
Dwarka 0655 Hrs.
Jaisalmer 0653 Hrs.
Porbandor 0653 Hrs.
The circumstances of the eclipse are as follows:
Phenomena Time in I.S.T
Day Hour Minute
Eclipse Begins 28 06 44
Total Eclipse Begins 28 07 53
Middle of the Eclipse 28 08 34
Total Eclipse Ends 28 09 15
Eclipse Ends 28 10 24
Duration of the Eclipse = 3 hrs 40 m
Duration of Totality = 1 hr 22 m
*Magnitude of the Eclipse= 1.313(Moon’s Diameter=1.0)
The Moon enters penumbra at h.05-36 I.S.T
The Moon leaves penumbra at h.11-33 I.S.T
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