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Kolkata: The city will witness a partial lunar eclipse late on Saturday night, hours after the conclusion of Lakshmi Puja.

This years last lunar eclipse is a partial one which means the darker portion of the Earths shadow, known as the umbra, will envelop the lunar surface. It will be visible from across Indian cities.

There is going to be a partial lunar eclipse on the night of October 28 which can be experienced by people in India along with the entire Asia, Europe, Africa, and Russia. The eclipse will occur during late night of October 28 and will continue till the early hours of October 29, said astrophysicist Debi Prasad Duari

A partial lunar eclipse is set to captivate sky-watchers in West Bengal and various parts of Asia, Europe, Africa, and Russia on Saturday night.

This partial lunar eclipse boasts a magnitude of 0.12, meaning that only about 12 percent of the moon's surface will be immersed in Earth's shadow at the peak of the eclipse. What's truly captivating is that the moon within the umbral zone will be bathed in a unique glow, courtesy of sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere, providing onlookers with an enchanting celestial display.