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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon.
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In 1638, Harvard University had just been founded, the Salem witch trials had yet to begin, Galileo had just lost his eyesight -- and the moon was blotted out by the shadow of the Earth.
It was also the solstice, a celestial coincidence that wouldn't happen again for another 372 years. Not until tonight.So break out the flashlights. Because when a full lunar eclipse takes place on the shortest day of the year, North America may get awfully dark.But if the weather is clear, favorably placed skywatchers will have a view of one of nature's most beautiful spectacles.Unlike a total eclipse of the sun, which is only visible to those in the path of totality, eclipses of the moon can usually be observed from one's own backyard. The passage of the moon through the Earth's shadow is equally visible from all places within the hemisphere where the moon is above the horizon.The total phase of the upcoming event will be visible across all of North and South America, as well as the northern and wester...Over the next month, the world will experience three eclipses: two partial solar eclipses a month apart and one total lunar eclipse exactly in between, and it all st...
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