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12-20-2010, 08:28 AM
2010's Only Lunar Eclipse Will Delight Skygazers for Several Hours Late Monday Night.
Barring cloudy weather, astronomy enthusiasts and sky-gazing revelers across North America will be given an early Christmas gift when they will witness a lunar eclipse on Monday night.
People gather to see the longest total eclipse expected to occur this century.A lunar eclipse takes place when the sun, earth and moon are all perfectly aligned with the Earth in the middle. When the moon passes behind the earth, the sun's rays are blocked from striking the moon. This can only occur when the moon is full.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lunar-eclipse-december-2010/story?id=12434926
Barring cloudy weather, astronomy enthusiasts and sky-gazing revelers across North America will be given an early Christmas gift when they will witness a lunar eclipse on Monday night.
People gather to see the longest total eclipse expected to occur this century.A lunar eclipse takes place when the sun, earth and moon are all perfectly aligned with the Earth in the middle. When the moon passes behind the earth, the sun's rays are blocked from striking the moon. This can only occur when the moon is full.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lunar-eclipse-december-2010/story?id=12434926