Lunar eclipse, Chandra grahan August 6th - Timing, date and significance

Just as when you thought you were done with eclipses this year, (lunar eclipse on July 7th & solar eclipse on July 22nd), there is one more lunar eclipse coming up on August 6th 2009. Here is a detailed report of the penumbral lunar eclipse from NASA. The eclipse is partially visible in the east half of the US and partially visible in all of India.

A good visualization (with animation) of this August 6th lunar eclipse is provided by Shadowandsubstance.com. May not be clearly visible to the naked eye. Maximum eclipse will occur during the evening at 7:40 pm CDT on Thursday, August 6th. This would be 6.10AM on August 7th in India.

Mypanchang.com states that lunar eclipse timing in India is at: August 6th 4.31AM - 7.48AM. Not sure which timing is right; will check into that.

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