KARACHI: The Met Office on Thursday forecast the occurrence of the Penumbral Lunar eclipse on the night of June 5 and 6, in the country.

In the Penumbral Lunar eclipse, the moon is covered by Earth's lighter or outermost shadow and usually difficult to observe. Apart from Pakistan, it will be visible from much of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Pacific, Atlantic and the Indian Ocean and Antarctica.

The Penumbral eclipse will begin at 22:46 PST on June 5 and end at 02:04 PST on June 6 with the greatest eclipse at 00:25 PST on Saturday.