- May 7, 2009
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There's suppose to be a Lunar Eclipse that is suppose to happen in a few minutes and I believe it is a total lunar eclipse. Funny thing though, this article that I saw on Yahoo News said that the next 'total' lunar eclipse to occur would not happen until 2014, but I thought that scientist spoke about one to occur next year, 2012 in December? Or maybe scientist today did not report such an event but, I might be thinking about the ancient Mayan predictions [prophecy] of what they said would be a Total Lunar Eclipse on December 21, 2012. At any rate, this article says that if you are west of the Mississippi, you might be able to see this eclipse, and that it will last for about an hour!
I guess that means that I won't be able to see it over here but, I will be looking just the same.
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Look in the western sky Saturday morning before dawn, and if the
weather is clear and you're in the right place, you will be rewarded with the last lunar
eclipse of 2011. For just under an hour, the disk of the full moon will almost
disappear, turning a dark, rusty red. The catch for Americans is that you'll miss almost
everything unless you're west of the Mississippi. Totality -- when the moon is
completely consumed by Earth's shadow -- begins at 6:06 a.m. Pacific time Saturday,
and ends at 6:57 a.m. Even on the Pacific coast, dawn will start to brighten the sky
before the eclipse is over.
http://news.yahoo.com/lunar-eclipse-2011-watch-moon-disappear-saturday-173643146.html
I guess that means that I won't be able to see it over here but, I will be looking just the same.
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Look in the western sky Saturday morning before dawn, and if the
weather is clear and you're in the right place, you will be rewarded with the last lunar
eclipse of 2011. For just under an hour, the disk of the full moon will almost
disappear, turning a dark, rusty red. The catch for Americans is that you'll miss almost
everything unless you're west of the Mississippi. Totality -- when the moon is
completely consumed by Earth's shadow -- begins at 6:06 a.m. Pacific time Saturday,
and ends at 6:57 a.m. Even on the Pacific coast, dawn will start to brighten the sky
before the eclipse is over.
http://news.yahoo.com/lunar-eclipse-2011-watch-moon-disappear-saturday-173643146.html