3 ECLIPSES TO BE SEEN FROM NEPAL THIS YEAR!!

LUNAR ECLIPSE MARCH 15

Type: PENUMBRAL (The Moon passes through Penumbral region of Earth's shadow without touching the Umbral region)

Greatest Eclipse ( Time of greatest Eclipse, the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth Shadows): 23:47 UT [ 5:32 am Nepali Standard Time]

Starts at 3:11am and Ends at 7:56AM Moon sets at 5:55AM

Saros (the cycle of 6,585.32 days, or approximately 18 years 11.3 days, after which a sequence of eclipses of the sun and moon repeats itself./ Saros series of Eclipse): 113

Eclipse Magnitude ( the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by penumbra/umbra): Penumbra: 1.056 Umbra: -0.056

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Type: PARTIAL (UMBRAL) ECLIPSE

First contact (Touches Penumbra--Start of eclipse): 10:27pm

Second Contact (Touches Umbra): 11:50pm

Third Contact (Leaves Umbra): 1:22am September 8

Fourth Contact (Leaves Penumbra--End of eclipse): 2:45am September 8

Greatest Eclipse ( Time of greatest Eclipse, the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's Shadows): 18:51 UT [00:36am Sept 8 Nepal Standard Time]

Saros (the cycle of 6,585.32 days, or approximately 18 years 11.3 days, after which a sequence of eclipses of the sun and moon repeats itself./ Saros series of Eclipse): 118

Eclipse Magnitude ( the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by penumbra/umbra): Penumbra: 1.158 Umbra: 0.190

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Type: Total

Start of the eclipse:16:57

End of the eclipse:18:20

For more information visit:

Sun Earth Eclipse Page NASA

The Cosmic Group Message updates

Type: Annular

For more information visit:

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/eclipse/sep06se.html

The Cosmic Group Message updates

Credit

Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC

Used Cartes Du Ciel software by Patrick Chevalley