Sky watchers in the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth will witness an unusually long lunar eclipse this week when the moon will appear 10,000 to 100,000 times dimmer. 
The June 15 eclipse will be clearly visible to observers in Africa, southern Asia and Australia, while people in North America will lose the event as it will occur on the day when the moon is behind the local horizon.
According to msnbc the event will be the first of the two lunar eclipses in 2011 and the third of all eclipses that occur throughout the year.
The northernmost region of the “entire-eclipse zone” in central Asia, Eastern Europe and northeastern Africa will be the best location to view the event.
Sky watchers in Central Siberia, eastern Mongolia, northeast China, and most of Japan, Korea, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Zealand will see the moon entering the darker shadow, called the umbra.
These areas will have a chance to observe next week's lunar eclipse during the early morning hours of Thursday as they are located west of the International Date Line.
Scientists estimate the total phase of the eclipse will last for 100 minutes.
The next total lunar eclipse of exceptional length will be on July 27, 2018, and will last 106 minutes.
Another total lunar eclipse will be visible on December, 2011, before the moon sets over the western United States and Canada. After that, the next total lunar eclipse that will be widely visible across all of North America will be on April 15, 2014.
According to msnbc the event will be the first of the two lunar eclipses in 2011 and the third of all eclipses that occur throughout the year.
The northernmost region of the “entire-eclipse zone” in central Asia, Eastern Europe and northeastern Africa will be the best location to view the event.
Sky watchers in Central Siberia, eastern Mongolia, northeast China, and most of Japan, Korea, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Zealand will see the moon entering the darker shadow, called the umbra.
These areas will have a chance to observe next week's lunar eclipse during the early morning hours of Thursday as they are located west of the International Date Line.
Scientists estimate the total phase of the eclipse will last for 100 minutes.
The next total lunar eclipse of exceptional length will be on July 27, 2018, and will last 106 minutes.
Another total lunar eclipse will be visible on December, 2011, before the moon sets over the western United States and Canada. After that, the next total lunar eclipse that will be widely visible across all of North America will be on April 15, 2014.
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