A total lunar eclipse will occur on Tuesday evening, and it will be visible from the entire Northeast India, except Sikkim. The rest of the country will witness only a partial phase of the lunar eclipse. Guwahati Planetarium has made arrangements for a live viewing of the event through optical instruments on its premises for the general public and astronomy enthusiasts.
As per the Indian Standard Time (IST), the eclipse will begin at 3:20 pm and end at 6:48 pm. It will be visible in Guwahati at 5:24 p.m., following moonrise. The eclipse will be visible in the region covering eastern Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas.
The next lunar eclipse, which will be visible from India, is on July 6, 2028, and it will be a partial lunar eclipse. The last lunar eclipse, which was visible from India, was on September 7-8, 2025, and it was a total lunar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and when all three objects are aligned. A total lunar eclipse will occur when the whole Moon comes under the umbral shadow of the Earth, and the partial lunar eclipse occurs only when a part of the Moon comes under the shadow of the Earth.
