Moonhowlings » Winter Solstice http://www.moonhowlings.net A Place for Civil Debate: not your typical ideologue blog Mon, 21 May 2012 15:06:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Solstice Treat: Full Eclipse of the Full Moon http://www.moonhowlings.net/index.php/2010/12/20/the-solstice-treat-full-eclipse-of-the-full-moon/ http://www.moonhowlings.net/index.php/2010/12/20/the-solstice-treat-full-eclipse-of-the-full-moon/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:10:35 +0000 Moon-howler http://www.moonhowlings.net/?p=11146 This Tuesday brings a special treat for Winter Solstice.  Not only is it Solstice but also there will be a full moon.  And it just gets better.  There will be a full eclipse of the full moon.  The eclipse starts  on Tuesday morning, Dec. 21st, at 1:33 am. As it begins, the earth’s shadow will appear as a dark-red bite at the edge of the moon.  It takes about an hour for the “bite” to swallow the entire Moon. Total eclipse is  at 02:41 am  and lasts for 72 minutes.

If you aren’t planning to enjoy the entire eclipse in the dead of winter in the middle of the night, choose this moment: 03:17 am.  That’s when the moon will be  displaying  the most vivid  shades of coppery red.  The next full eclipse of a full moon on Solstice will be December 21, 2094.  I expect to miss that one.  This Solstice is a very special celestial treat, if the weather holds out.

 

 

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