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 Total Lunar Eclipse of 2011 December 10
 in India

My viewing site was located at Majkhali in the Himalayan foothills to optimize the weather conditions, get a less polluted and darker night sky and a magnificent view of the Moon rising over the 7,816-meter Nanda Devi peak and the Himalayas. A small group joined me there on a tour before we all attended the Solar Eclipse Conference (SEC 2011) from December 15th to 17th in New Delhi.
In retrospect, this total lunar eclipse was a bright one with a Danjon rating of L=3 or L=4. The previous one in June was much darker (the same applies to the much darker Namibian sky). The next total lunar eclipse occurred on 2014 April 15 and my viewing site was located in the Atacama desert in Chile to optimize the weather conditions.


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Lunar Eclipse Sky 2011
Sky at maximum eclipse in India
(as seen from Jaipur)

Total Lunar Eclipse Map 2011
Eclipse visibility map


Total Lunar Eclipse Diagram 2011
Total Lunar Eclipse diagram


Total Lunar Eclipse 2011 Viewing Site Ranikhet Himalaya
Total lunar eclipse viewing site from Ranikhet in India (Himalayas at sunset)

Lunar Eclipse December 2011
Moon rising
after first penumbral contact

Total Lunar Eclipse December 2011
Around the first umbral contact


Total Lunar Eclipse December 2011
One hour before totality


Total Lunar Eclipse December 2011 Milky Way
Totality with the Milky Way
(Jupiter, Orion belt, Pleiades, etc)

Total Lunar Eclipse December 2011 Composite
Composite (bright lunar eclipse with a Danjon rating of L=3 or L=4)

Lunar Eclipse December 2011
Near mid-totality


Lunar Eclipse December 2011
One hour after totality


Total Lunar Eclipse December 2011
Around the last umbral contact


Lunar Eclipse December 2011
Before moonset the next morning


Sunrise Binsar
Sunrise from Binsar


Sunrise Himalaya Trisul
Sunrise on the Himalayas


Nanda Devi Binsar
Nanda Devi and its 7,816 meters
(25,643 feet)

Mean Afternoon Cloud Cover December
(courtesy of Jay Anderson)

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Last page update on December 23, 2011.
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