Whole Lunar eclipse will peak at 11.48 pm: Nehru Planetarium

New Delhi

Senior Planetarium Engineer at Nehru Planetarium, OP Gupta, stated that the whole Lunar Eclipse will peak at 11:48 pm on Sunday and can final for 48 minutes.

He additionally added that the eclipse will likely be seen in India, Pakistan, and China right now.

“The eclipse will peak at 11.48 pm and last for 48 minutes. People can watch it easily. It will not harm the eyes. You can even eat and drink during it. This eclipse cannot only be seen in India but also in Pakistan and China. In Delhi, the penumbral phase (initial phase) will start at 8.58 pm. The partial eclipse will begin at around 9.57 pm,” Gupta advised ANI.

The whole lunar eclipse of 2025 is ready to happen right now, providing the skywatchers a uncommon and mesmerising celestial spectacle.A lunar eclipse happens solely in the course of the full moon section, when the Earth comes straight between the Sun and the Moon.

During this alignment, Earth’s shadow falls on the lunar floor, which leads to decreasing its brightness and sometimes giving it a reddish tint, popularly known as the ‘Blood Moon.’

A lunar eclipse is a celestial occasion that happens when the Earth passes straight between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the lunar floor.

Lunar eclipses happen on the full moon section. When Earth is positioned exactly between the Moon and Sun, Earth’s shadow falls upon the floor of the Moon, dimming it and generally turning the lunar floor a hanging pink over the course of some hours. Each lunar eclipse is seen from half of Earth.

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In whole lunar eclipse, the Moon strikes into the internal a part of Earth’s shadow, or the umbra. Some of the daylight passing via Earth’s ambiance reaches the Moon’s floor, lighting it dimly.