The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century is going to happen tonight. This celestial spectacle would be seen from all parts of India. It is going to last for 1 hour 43 minutes. Thus, this one will be the longest lunar eclipse of this century.
It will begin at 11.54 p.m. tonight and the totality phase will begin at 1 a.m. IST on July 28. This longest lunar eclipse will last up to 2.43 a.m. Then the Moon will start to gradually come out of Earth’s shadow and partial eclipse will end at 3.49 a.m.
Prior to this, such long duration lunar eclipses had occurred in on July 16, 2000, and also, June 15, 2011. But, this one will be longer than those lunar eclipses. Tonight’s longest lunar eclipse will be visible in parts of South America, much of Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

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