Lunar Eclipse 2023: Visible in India on October 28-29
Lunar eclipse in 2023 visible in India on the night of October 28-29. Learn more about its timing and popular beliefs.
Lunar eclipse in 2023 visible in India on the night of October 28-29. Learn more about its timing and popular beliefs.
The eclipse will be visible in the region covering South America, North America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
After two successive lunar eclipses and one solar eclipse, the third lunar eclipse is taking place right now!
The day of Guru Purnima is traditionally the time when devotees of the Guru offer their gratitude and receive his blessings.
Lunar eclipses are not eye-damaging. Therefore, it is perfectly safe for people to watch it through their naked eyes.
The total eclipse lasts 1 hour and 43 minutes, with the entire event lasting closer to four hours.
It's a special day for skywatchers, as they prepare to watch the longest total lunar eclipse of this century beginning late Friday night (July 27) and stretching till the early hours of Saturday (July 28).
Blue moon and Blood moon are not named after any scientific or astronomical logic or explanation, as one would expect, but are merely 'scientific nicknames'.
A lunar eclipse can occur only when the moon is full, and is visible only at night. It is completely safe to look at a lunar eclipse with the naked eye.
The July 27 lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour and 43 minutes and will be preceded and followed by partial eclipses lasting more than one hour.
