Fwd: Lunar Eclipse on May 15/ May 16, 2003

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Govindarajan TRamabhadran

Lunar Eclipse on May 15/ May 16, 2003

 

 

From NASA's web, the visibility of Eclipse isdescribedas follows:The eclipse will be widely visible from the Americas,Europe, and Africa. The eastern half of North Americawill witness the entire event, while the partialphases will already be in progress at moonrise fromthe western portions of the continent. Similarly, theMoon sets in Europe during various stages of theeclipse. Observers in Ontario, Quebec, the MaritimeProvinces and eastern U. S. will see all phases of theeclipse. Farther to the west, the eclipse beginsbefore moonrise but totality will still be visiblefrom the region except from Yukon and Alaska. Lunar Eclipse is NOT visible in Asia (Singapore,India). Eclipse is visible in Americas except Alaska,Africa and Europe including Middle East. In the East Coast of US (NY, NJ, MD etc), the eclipsebegins at 9.05 PM EDT on May 15 and ends at 2.15 AMEDT on May 16, 2003.Please look at the following URLs to verify which partof Eclipse is visible in your area. The URL will display the eclipse over the world map,http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/extra/TLE2003May15.htmlhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2003May16T.gifhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/extra/TLE030515/TLE2003May-GMT.GIFhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image/LE2003Fig1.gifTo see the timings of Eclipse in your city/town,pleasevisit URL:http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/LunarEclipse.htmlFor US cities, use Form A. For others, use Form B.The display shows timings in Universal Time or GMT.To convert timings from UT to your local time,please look at URLhttp://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.htmlfor computing the local time from UT.dasannArAyaNA!