Lunar Eclipse June 15,2011

During June 15th late night to June 16th early morning we will witness one of the largest and darkest Lunar Eclipse of this century. The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000 and next such eclipse will take place in 2041.

The full eclipse will be visible from south west Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, central Asia, India, Sri Lanka, eastern China, Bangladesh, western Myanmar, western Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, western Indonesia, Antarctica, and western edge of Western Australia. Details of eclipse are as follows:

Date	Stage	Phase	Time(IST)
June 15	P1	Moon enters penumbra	22:53:05
June 15	U1	Moon enters umbra	23:52:37
June 16	U2	Start of totality	00:52:11
June 16	U	Maximum eclipse	01:42:24
June 16	U3	End of totality	02:33:02
June 16	U4	Moon leaves umbra	03:32:35
June 16	P4	Moon leaves penumbra	04:32:15

Penumbral Magnitude: 2.7117

Umbral Magnitude     : 1.7050

The various region and timings can be seen in below picture. (IST= UT+5:30)

Source: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/Instrument/Assets/eclipses/LE2011Jun15T.gif