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Total lunar eclipse on June 15, 2011

Science - Space

Skywatchers in Europe, eastern Asia, western Africa, Australia, and the Middle East will be in positioned at good locations on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, to see a total lunar eclipse.


Unfortunately, people in Scotland and northern Scandinavia will not be able to view the total eclipse in Europe.

And, people in North America and Central America are out of luck, too.

People in the eastern part of South American, however, will be able to see a partial lunar eclipse. Many others will see a partial lunar eclipse, too.

Check out the following ground track for the June 15 lunar eclipse.

This total lunar eclipse is the first lunar eclipse of 2011. Only one more total eclipse will occur in 2011, that one will occur on December 10, 2011.

The lunar eclipse begins at approximately 1724 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.

The eclipse is expected to last until 2300 GMT'”nearly six hours'”with the 'totality' of the lunar eclipse lasting for about 1.5 hour.

For more on this total lunar eclipse, please look at the June 13, 2011 Space.com article 'Longest Total Lunar Eclipse in 11 Years Occurs Wednesday.'

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