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Total Eclipse of Moon to take place on January 31

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New Delhi: A total eclipse of the moon will occur on January 31, 2018.  This is the first eclipse of the year, with a rare coincidence of a blue moon and a super full moon. The full moon on that day happens to be the second full moon of the calendar month of January, termed as a blue moon.  Further, the moon will be at perigee on January 30, as such the full moon will occur when the moon is near the closest to earth in its orbit. Hence, this full moon will be a little bigger and brighter than the regular full moon, popularly referred to as a super moon.

During totality, the moon will completely enter the earth’s umbral shadow and may look reddish. The sunlight, comprising of seven colours, fall on the earth’s atmosphere. The blue, violet and green portion of it are scattered most and are filtered out, the red and orange portion of it are scattered less, get bent by refraction in the earth’s atmosphere, fall on the moon’s surface during totality making it reddish in colour to look from the earth.

The eclipse will begin as a partial eclipse from h. 17-18 IST and will continue up to h. 20-42 IST. The total eclipse will start from h. 18-21 IST and will end at h. 19-38 IST. The duration of the eclipse will be 3 h 24 mts and the duration of totality will be 1 hr 17 mts.  The ending of the total and partial phases of the eclipse will be visible from all places of India. However the entire eclipse, from beginning to end of the partial and total phases, will be visible only from north eastern part of the country including Kolkata. The beginning of the partial phase will not be visible from the rest part of the country, as the partial eclipse will start before the moonrise timings of the most of the places of India. Similarly, the beginning of the totality phases of the eclipse will not be visible from the places along the extreme western coast of the country including Mumbai.

            The eclipse will be visible in the region covering North America except the eastern part, western South America, Asia including India, Australia, the Middle East, northern Scandinavia, eastern Europe and eastern Africa.

            The next eclipse of the Moon will occur on July 27-28, 2018, which will be a total lunar eclipse and will be visible in India.

A table of phases of eclipse visible from different places of India is attached.

                          TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, JANUARY 31, 2018

PHASES OF ECLIPSE VISIBLE FROM CERTAIN PLACES OF INDIA

PLACES Moon Rise        ( IST) Umbral phase Totality Greatest Totality Umbral phase
begins at

17h 18m

(IST)

begins at

18h 21m (IST)

Phase at

19h 00m (IST)

Ends at

19h 38m

(IST)

Ends at

20h 42m

( IST)

h   m Visibility
Agartala 17  03 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Ahmedabad 18  21  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Aijawl 16  57 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Ajmer 18  08  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Allahabad 17  40  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Amritsar 17  58  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Bangalore 18  15  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Bhagalpur 17  19  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Bhopal 18  02  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Bhubaneswar 17  31  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Cannanore 18  26  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Chandigarh 17  48  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Chennai 18  04  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Cochin 18  25  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Cooch Behar 17  06 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Cuttack 17 30  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Darjeeling 17  10 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Dehradun 17  47  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Delhi 17  54  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Dibrugarh 16  41 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Dwarka 18  37  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Gandhinagar 18  21  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Gangtok 17  08 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Gaya 17  28  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Guwahati 16  58 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Haridwar 17  46  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Hyderabad 18  05  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Imphal 16  50 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Itanagar 16  47 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Jaipur 18  02  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Jalandhar 17  53  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Jammu 17  57  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Kanyakumari 18  22  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Kavalur 18  08  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Kavaratti 18  37  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Kohima 16  47 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Kolkata 17  17 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Kozikode 18  25  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Lucknow 17  41  * Visible Visible Visible Visible

* Indicates Moon rises after the corresponding phenomenon  (i.e. corresponding phenomenon is not  visible)

                                    TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, JANUARY 31, 2018

PHASES OF ECLIPSE VISIBLE FROM CERTAIN PLACES OF INDIA

PLACES Moon Rise        ( IST) Umbral phase Totality Greatest Totality Umbral phase
begins at

17h 18m

(IST)

begins at

18h 21m (IST)

Phase at

19h 00m (IST)

Ends at

19h 38m

(IST)

Ends at

20h 42m

( IST)

h   m Visibility
Madurai 18  17  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Mangalore 18  27  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Mount Abu 18  19  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Mumbai 18  27  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Murshidabad 17  14 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Muzaffarpur 17  24  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Mysore 18  20  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Nagpur 17  58  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Nasik 18  21  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Panaji 18  25  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Patna 17  26  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Pondicherry 18  07  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Port Blair 17  14 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Pune 18  23  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Puri 17  32  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Raipur 17  47  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Rajkot 18  30  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Ranchi 17  28  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Shillong 16  57 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Shimla 17  50  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Silchar 16  55 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Siliguri 17  10 Visible Visible Visible Visible Visible
Silvassa 18  24  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Srinagar 17  54  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Thiruvanantapuram 18  24  *  * Visible Visible Visible
Udaipur 18  15  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Ujjain 18  08  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Vadodara 18  20  * Visible Visible Visible Visible
Varanasi 17  35  * Visible Visible Visible Visible

* Indicates Moon rises after the corresponding phenomenon  (i.e. corresponding phenomenon is not  visible)

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