Total Eclipse of the Moon on 2010 December 21
November 30th 2010 05:54
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Total Eclipse of the Moon on 2010 December 21
We are about to have another eclipse of the Moon this year we had a partial lunar eclipse in June 26, 2010.
An eclipse of the Moon relies on two things it can only take place when the Moon is Full.
The Moon must pass through a portion of the Earth’s shadow.
The shadow is composed of two cone-shaped elements, one element is locked inside the other.
The outer shadow called the penumbra is a area where the Earth blocks off a portion of the Sun's light.
The other element, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.
Observers in North America and Hawaii, the eclipse actually begins a little earlier on the evening of December 20.
Observers will be able to see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset on the evening of December 20 while Europe and Asia will able to see the eclipse just after Moon rise. The December 21 lunar eclipse will last about three hours and twenty-eight minutes.
This Lunar eclipse will fovour observers in the Northern Hemisphere Eastern Australia can see the latter stages of eclipse at Moon rise on the evening of December 21. New-Zealand will get slightly a better view of the eclipse for us down under.
The total eclipse of the Moon also coincides with Winter Solstice of 2010 also occurs on Dec. 21 at 11:38 pm GMT. This is just 15.3 hours after the mid-point of the total lunar eclipse.
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