The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) on Friday said Nigeria, alongside other countries of the world would experience total lunar eclipse on Monday.
In a statement issued to NAN (News Agency of Nigeria) by Dr Felix Alle, the Head, Media and Public Communications of the agency in Abuja. Alle, stated that the lunar eclipse is one in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth’s shadow
According to him, “There will be a lunar eclipse over Nigeria on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019.
“The eclipse, expected to be total, will begin in the evening of Sunday and end on Monday
"The eclipse will start across Nigeria in the early hours of Monday at approximately 3.36 a.m. to reach its maximum
at 6.12 a.m. and end at about 6.51 a.m. The total duration of the occurrence over Nigeria will be three hours and 15 minutes"
He went further to explain that the eclipse was expected to take place across North, South America, Western Europe, North and West Africa and Asia.
He said that the year’s total lunar eclipse would be the last eclipse to be experienced until 2021.
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