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ECLIPSES OF THE MOON

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following solar and lunar eclipses
Partially mooneclips
2008: 16 Augustus
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Total mooneclipse in 2008:
20-21
Frebruary
In the
evening of 20 February the full moon enters in the cast shadow of the earth (umbra)
at 08:43 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). The moon leaves the cast shadow at 12.09 am
EST. The total eclipse has a duration of almost an hour from 10:01 pm to 10:51 pm EST,
when the moon can become almost invisible.When there are much clouds on the other side of
the earth, then it is possible that the moon colors dark red because of diffused and
reflected light in the atmosphere.
EST = Universal Time + 5 hours (for winter-time).
The moon stands at the middle of the eclipse at 10:26 pm EST in the south about 60
degrees above the horizon of New York.
Webcam Gran Canaria with clear sky for observing
eclipse 20-21 February 2008.
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Total mooneclipses in
2007: 3
March and 28 August
In the evening of 3 March the full moon enters in the cast shadow of the earth
(umbra) at 21:16 Central European Time (CET). The moon leaves the cast shadow at
03.25 CET.
CET = Universal Time + 1 hour (for winter-time).
The
total eclipse has a duration of more than an hour from 23:44 to 00:58 CET, when the moon
can become almost invisible.When there are much clouds on the other side of the earth,
then it is possible that the moon colors dark red because of diffused and reflected light
in the atmosphere. The moon stands at the middle of the eclipse at 00:21 CET
in the south about 45 degrees above the horizon in western Europe.
Webcam
Serviastro Madrid and Gran Canaria with clear sky
for observing eclipse 3 March 2007.
The lunar eclips of 28 August 2007 is not visible in Europe, because it is daylight time
there.
Total Eclipse of the Moon,
2004 May 4.
See
USNO
with data for this eclipse in Universal Time (UT).
Central European Time: CET = UT + 2 hours for summertime.
Live Webcast and Webcam in Esfahan, Iran. Splendid, with my compliments to ParsSky.com. Iran time = UT +
4.5 hours.
Click with your mouse on the thumbnail for a greater image from this astronomical site in
Esfahan.
Total eclipse of the moon
at 8/9 November 2003, 9 January 2001 and 16 July 2000 in this order.
In the night from 8 to 9 November, 2003 the full moon enters in
the cast shadow of the earth (umbra) at midnight around 00.32 hour Central
European Time (CET). The moon leaves the cast shadow around 04.05 CET. The total eclipse
has a duration of about an half hour from 2.06 to 2.31 CET, when the moon can become
almost invisible.When there are much clouds on the other side of the earth, then it is
possible that the moon colors dark red because of diffused and reflected light in the
atmosphere. The moon stands at the middle of the eclipse at 02.19 CET in the
south-west about 50 degrees above the horizon in western Europe.
CET = Universal Time + 1 hour (for winter-time).
See also: USNO with data for this eclipse in Universal Time
NASA with animation and information for this eclipse
Live astrocams for this eclipse: Universe today
At 9 January 2001
the full moon enters again in the cast shadow of the earth early in the evening at
19.42 hour Central European Time (CET). The moon leaves the cast shadow at 22.59 CET.
The total eclipse has duration of about one hour from 20.50 until 21.52 CET, when the moon
can become almost invisible.
Winter-time CET = UT +1 .
Jan. 9, 2001.
Seen from the moon: A
Total Eclipse of the Sun -- on the Moon!
Jan. 9, 2001. Live astrocams: Universe
today Splendid: Reunion Island
Jan. 9, 2001. Lunar eclipse gallery
Jan. 9, 2001. Netherlands: The eclipse photo's fom Joop Fenstra

Friesland in the Netherlands. Eclipse photo's from photo-journalist Joop Fenstra.
Click with the mouse cursor on the photo for more.
Super eclipse at 16
July 2000. According to the USNO
Lunar Eclipse computer is the total lunar eclipse at 16 July 2000 in Europe
not visible. The eclipse starts at midday, when the full moon stands at the other side of
the earth. The moon goes straight through the center of the earth's shadow, what causes
that this eclipse is the longest since 1859.

You could see this 16 July 2000 super eclipse live on the site of Universe
today via astrocams in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Pole, etc. It
started all on 16 July 2000 at 11.57 UT = 09.57 CET.
Photo AstroArts, Japan.
Click on the photo for more.

For the USNO On-line Lunar Eclipse Computer, click the logo
Needed data:
longitude east 5 degrees, latitude north 52 degrees,
time zone 1 hour east of Greenwich, location Netherlands.
Time zone 2 hour east of Greenwich for summer time.
See also Fred Espenak's
sun and moon Eclipse
Home Page for the total solar eclipse of 21 june 2001 visible in southern Africa and
Madagascar.
You can find there also links to live astrocams and a
real time animation.
Total lunar eclipses in
2004: May 4 and October
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