The Lunar Eclipse would occur on April 25th and 26th ,2013. The
first out of three Lunar eclipse it would be the first occur in 2013. These eclipse can be seen from Eastern Europe, Eastern Africa, Central Asia and Western Australia.
In South America, the Eastern part will show only moonrise with the eclipse. A tiny sliver moon was covered by the Earth Umbral shadow with at maximum eclipse. Finally, it would not be a spectacular event.
The Lunar eclipse describe that it start before midnight and end after midnight. That means, it takes two dates which is before and after midnight according to Gregorian Calendar. It has two types of phase - Penumbral phase and umbral phase. The umbral phase start after midnight i.e; on the next day. The penumbral phase start before midnight i.e; on the previous day.
Hence, Penumbral phase has not visible to the naked eyes, but umbral phase is visible to the naked eyes and it is considered for religious activities. It is also famously said to be "Chandra Grahan". If Chandra Grahan is not seen in city means then it is visible in other city nearer to that place. we should observe Chandra Grahan through our straight eyes vision.
On April 25th and 26th -2013, Chandra eclipse is taken place. Its time start from 01:24:08 and end with 01:51:01. The next lunar eclipse appear on may 25th,2013......