Late Night Total Lunar Eclipse

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Hey there, lunatics! (bad, bad joke) Who’s ready for our faithful planetary orbiter The Moon to give us a little show? It’s time for the last lunar eclipse of 2010 and, lucky us, North America observers have a good view.

The eclipse begins at 9:27p Pacific Time and takes about three hours to run its course. The fullest eclipse will be early Tuesday morning , December 21st at 12:15 am.

Eclipse events go like this:
Mon 20 at 9:27pm — start Penumbral
Mon 20 at 10:32pm — start Umbral
Mon 20 at 11:40pm— start Total
>> Tue 21 at 12:15am — start Greatest Eclipse
Tue 21 at 12:53am — end Total

These things happens when the moon passes behind the earth so that it blocks the sun’s rays from striking the moon. This occurs only when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned exactly with the Earth in the middle.

INFO FOR LUNA-TICS:

• Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar one is seen from anywhere on the night side of the Earth.
• A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts five minutes, tops.
• Try to get to a place far from urban light polluted areas to see the pretty natural display better.
• Wanna take pictures? Check out this site for tips.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.