Partial eclipse on Raksha Bandhan

Q.  Partial eclipse is when ______ of the moon is under the earth’s shadow at maximum eclipse.
- Published on 04 Aug 17

a. Small fraction
b. Half
c. Three-fourths
d. All

ANSWER: Small fraction
 
Partial eclipse on Raksha BandhanA partial eclipse of the Moon will occur on August 7,2017 which will begin from h. 22-52 IST and will continue upto h. 00-49 IST on August 8, 2017.

Only a small fraction of the Moon will come under Earth’s shadow at maximum eclipse. This partial eclipse will be visible from all places of India.

The eclipse will be visible in the region covering Western Pacific Ocean,Oceania, Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and Antarctica.

The entire partial eclipse will be visible from central and east Africa, central Russia, China, India , the Far East and most of Australia.

The places from where the beginning of the umbral phase will be visible at the time of moonset are western parts of North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean.

The places from where the ending of umbral phase will be visible at the time of moonrise are north western part of Africa, eastern parts of Spain, France and Germany.

The circumstances of the eclipse are as follows:

Eclipse will begin at 10:52 pm, reach the middle phase at 11:51 and close at 12:49 am.

Magnitude of the eclipse = 0.251 (Moon’s diameter being taken as 1.0)

Duration of the eclipse: 1 h 57 m.

The next eclipse of the Moon will occur on January 31, 2018, which will be a total lunar eclipse and will be visible from India.

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