Total Lunar Eclipse And Winter Solstice Coincide On Dec. 21

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Total Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice Coincide on Dec. 21

 

Path of the Moon through Earth's umbral and penumbral shadows during the Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec. 21, 2010. (Credit: Fred Espenak/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

 

 

ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2010) — With frigid temperatures already blanketing much of the United States, the arrival of the winter solstice on December 21 may not be an occasion many people feel like celebrating. But a dazzling total lunar eclipse to start the day might just raise a few chilled spirits.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101217192856.htm