Lunar Eclipse This Week
The Moon will turn an eerie shade of red for people in the western hemisphere late Wednesday and early Thursday, recreating the eclipse that saved Christopher Columbus more than five centuries ago.
In a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are directly aligned and the Moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by the Earth.
Update: Here is NASA’s summary.
Here is a diagram for our time zone.
It is not past most of our bedtimes. Hope it is not cloudy.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Wow, hope I don’t miss it. Can’t wait. This ought to be a good one to see.
February 20th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
(sigh) Unless the clouds clear soon we won’t be able to see it.
I plan on checking it about 8PM.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Rain, rain go away….
February 20th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I agree rain rain go away come again another day.
I want to watch it but it doesn’t look good.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
It’s suppose to happen around 9 and last for a bout 50 minutes.