Friday, December 9, 2011

Total Lunar Eclipse This Weekend (Last One Until 2014)

On Saturday (10th of December of 2011) full moon will turn to a red color due to the last total lunar eclipse until 2014.

The page News.nationalgeographic.com has a full review of the event and also the facebook page of National Geographic has a wall post where visitors can comment. After six hours that the post was published it has more than six thousand likes and almost 300 comments.

The lunar eclipse will be visible on the far western portion of North America, East Asia and Australia. It will start on saturday at 4:45 a.m. Pacific Time.

About Lunar Eclipses

This beautiful event where the Moon turns red occurs when the full moon, Earth and the sun get aligned. This makes that the moon crosses through Earth's shadow. The event only happens a few times a year.

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