ISLAMABAD – On 16 and 17 July the world will be able to witness a partiallunar eclipse in many parts including Pakistan.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department all phases of partial mooneclipse will be visible in the country.
The eclipse will also be visible from much of Europe, much of Asia,Australia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, IndianOcean and Antarctica, according to reports.
Penumbral eclipse will begin at 23:44 PST (on 16th July, 2019), whilepartial eclipse will begin at 01:02 PST on 17th July, 2019, the met officesaid.
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The entire lunar eclipse will begin at 02:32 PST, while the partial eclipsewill end at 04:00 PST, the weather department said.
During a lunar eclipse , the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon. This shadowhas a central and outer shadow called umbra and penumbra, respectively.When the Moon completely passes through the umbra or when the Sun, Earth,and Moon are perfectly aligned, a total lunar eclipse occurs. When itpartially crosses through the umbra and penumbra, we get to see apartial lunar eclipse.
