Total Lunar Eclipse December 10, 2011

The second of two Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan) of year 2011, will be on December 10, 2011. The first was occurred on June 15, 2011. The Eclipse will occur in Aries constellation (Mesha Rashi) and close to star 41 Arietis (Bharani Nakshatra). Total Lunar Eclipse - the moon is fully covered - is from 7:36:16 PM IST to 8:37:24 PM IST.

Visibility:

It will be visible in India, , Nepal, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and United States.

Duration (hh:mm:ss) :

Totality -- 00:51:08

Partial -- 3:32:15

Penumbra -- 5:56:21

Stages and timings:

P1 = 17:03:36 IST / 11:33:36 UTC

U1 = 18:15:43 IST / 12:45:43 UTC

U2 = 19:36:16 IST / 14:06:16 UTC

Max = 20:01:49 IST / 14:31:49 UTC

U3 = 20:27:24 IST / 14:57:24 UTC

U4 = 21:47:58 IST / 16:17:58 UTC

P2 = 22:59:57 IST / 17:29:57 UTC