The Moon, Europa

The Moon, Europa

Monday, December 20, 2010

Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Tonight and early tomorrow morning, you Western hemisphere folks (which includes me) can see a lunar eclipse.  At about 12:30 a.m., the big event happens but we won't be able to see anything (provided the sky is clear) until after 1:00 a.m.  There will be a smudge on the upper-left part of the moon.  Here's a full article about it.  And here's a link to NASA's lunar chart (but they've been v., v. busy today so be patient) or here's the pic of the site in case it's too busy.



I hope you are up that late because the next time you'd be able to see it is in 2014.

Here's a news article about it.  And a picture from 2003 is included.

And a wiki page.

UPDATE:  Here's a video of what you missed.  

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