- 20 Feb 2008, 21:16
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday morning, February 21, 2008 (Wednesday evening, February 20 for the Americas, Thursday afternoon in the Far East). It will be the first of two lunar eclipses in 2008, and the only total eclipse of the two. The next total lunar eclipse will not occur until December 21, 2010.
It will be visible in the eastern evening sky on February 20 from all of North and South America, and in the February 21 predawn western sky from most of Africa and Europe.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes completely behind the earth's shadow. This is called the umbral shadow. The moon will take about an hour and 20 minutes to pass through the penumbral shadow before and after the total eclipse, during which the otherwise full moon may be mistaken as having a phase.
The planet Saturn and bright star Regulus will be visible very near the moon during the total eclipse portion, while during a normal full moon, they would be drowned out by the moon's glaring brightness.
source: wikipedia
It will be visible in the eastern evening sky on February 20 from all of North and South America, and in the February 21 predawn western sky from most of Africa and Europe.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes completely behind the earth's shadow. This is called the umbral shadow. The moon will take about an hour and 20 minutes to pass through the penumbral shadow before and after the total eclipse, during which the otherwise full moon may be mistaken as having a phase.
The planet Saturn and bright star Regulus will be visible very near the moon during the total eclipse portion, while during a normal full moon, they would be drowned out by the moon's glaring brightness.
source: wikipedia
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