Are you ready to experience the longest total lunar eclipse tonight?

Nigeria will on Friday night experience a spectacular total lunar eclipse, which will last for one hour, Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, has said.

“Nigeria is set to experience a very spectacular eclipse today, July 27, weather permitting.

“It will be visible from 9:30.p.m. and last till 11: 220 p.m. “This eclipse will be primarily visible from the world’s Eastern Hemisphere, which are Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

“Part of South America will be able to watch the final stages of the eclipse just after sunset on July 27. “New Zealand will catch the beginning stages of the eclipse before sunrise on July 28.

“It will be the century’s longest total lunar eclipse with a whopping one hour and 43 minutes in totality.

It starts with a partial eclipse at 7:24 p.m. The total eclipse begins at 8.30 p.m. and ends at 10.13 p.m. The peak of the eclipse will occur at 9.22 p.m. The partial eclipse ends at 11.19 p.m.,’’ he said. Ubachukwu observed that a lunar eclipse could occur only on the night of a full moon.