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Nigeria To Experience Partial Eclipse On Nov 3

Nigerians will experience a partial lunar eclipse on Sunday, November 3, across the 36 states of the federation.

 According to the Director-General of National
Space Research and Development Agency,
NASRDA , Dr. Saidu Mohammed, the 2013
penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible
throughout Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Africa and
Asia.
According to the NASRDA boss, some part of the
world will be having total eclipse, while in
Nigeria, there will be partial eclipse.
For observers in Nigeria, the eclipse will occur in
he middle of the night when the moon is high
overhead. The partial shading will be visible as
the slight reddish dimming of the normally
bright full moon.
The partial eclipse would be visible in most
parts of Nigeria between 12 pm and 4.10pm of
Sunday, November 3, 2013.
During the partial eclipse, part of the moon will
partially block the sun from reaching the earth
through only the outer edge of the earth's
shadow in what scientists call a penumbra lunar
eclipse.
Speaking on the development, the Director,
Centre for Astronomy, UNN, Prof. Felix Okpara
said that partial eclipse usually occur when the
moon passes between the sun and the earth,
causing a blockage either partially or fully
blocking the sun light from shining.
''Considering our culture here, we felt that it is
necessary to inform Nigerians so that they will
be aware that the world is not coming to an end
but that these things happening are natural
phenomenon.
''It does not affect the flight, therefore, it is up
to the science desk doing studies on astronomy
to let us know about this development so that
people will understand it well,'' he said.
According to him, nothing ordinary will happen
during the period of the partial eclipse and it
can't hinder any geo satellite signals.