Total Lunar Eclipse

According to NASA there will be a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday morning. It will start 1:33 a.m. and continues until 5:01 a.m. It will last for about three-and-a-half hours .This lunar eclipse falls on the date of the northern winter solstice. Having lunar eclipse in northern winter is common enough. For the past ten years, there were three. However, having the same date in the calendar as the solstice(December 21, 1638) is really rare. According to Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory that we don't have to wait for 372 years just to see the next lunar eclipse, that will be on December 21 , 2094. Lunar eclipse 2010 will be visible from North America, Greenland and Iceland.




When I was little I always mistook the solar eclipse with lunar eclipse. Well, I've grown old and knew the difference. Solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially covers the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. While the lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes behind the earth so that the earth blocks the sun's rays from striking the moon. This can occur only when the sun, earth and moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. That's their difference. I really don't like science but I love to watch the beautiful view either lunar or solar eclipse. I always get excited when I heard something about this. I just wish I could see the lunar eclipse this year and see the moon displaying the splendid shades of coppery red.