Highlights 1 This year's first partial lunar eclipse will take place tonight. This year's first partial lunar eclipse will take place tonight and will be visible from across the country. This will be the first properly visible lunar eclipse this year," Debiprosad Duari, Director Research and Academic, MP Birla Planetarium, told PTI. It is only when a part of the Moon passes through the umbra, a partial lunar eclipse is seen. ALSO READ |Tirupati Devasthanam to be closed for lunar eclipse on Aug 721st century's third shortest partial lunar eclipse to be visible on Thursday night

Source: India Today August 07, 2017 06:22 UTC