Nigeria to experience total lunar eclipse tomorrow
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There will be a total lunar eclipse tomorrow Friday, July 27, 2018, and it will be the longest Lunar eclipse this century has seen.
The event has been confirmed by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Abuja and the United States National Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA).
The space agency said Nigeria, like most of Africa, the Middle East, southern Asia and the Indian Ocean region would witness a total Lunar Eclipse on the 27th of July 2018.
The head of media and corporate communications of the agency, Dr Felix Ale, told newsmen that the Eclipse in Nigeria will start around 6:44 pm as a partial eclipse and will developed into a total eclipse around 7:30 pm.
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The Eclipse is expected to reach its peak around 9:21 pm and wane from then until the eclipse ends around 12:30 am of the 28th of July 2018. The total Eclipse will last for about 1 hour and 43 minutes, making it the longest total Lunar Eclipse of the 21st century.
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