Pre Lunar Eclipse in a cloudy night sky, in New Delhi

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The phenomena when Earth shadows the moon by coming in between the sun and the moon, partially or fully, is called 'Lunar Eclipse'. India on 17th June 2109 witnessed a partial lunar eclipse for a few hours. We couldn't film the entire eclipse as the monsoon clouds played spoil-sport. The partial lunar eclipse, which is said to be the last of 2019, started at around 1.31 am and will be ending before dawn on Wednesday. The eclipse gradually grew and was at its peak at 3 am and it exactly seemed as if a chunk of the Moon has been bitten off. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. This occurs only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned, with Earth between the other two. A lunar eclipse can occur only on the night of a f