When is Surya Grahan 2019? Check out Solar Eclipse dates, estimated timing in 2019
The upcoming eclipse is going to be the only total solar eclipse that will occur this year.
The upcoming eclipse is going to be the only total solar eclipse that will occur this year.
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).
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.