On October 8th, North America will be treated with
the second lunar eclipse of the year. This is the second eclipse of a
tetrad (four total lunar eclipses in a series). The last two eclipses will
be April 14th, and September 28th, (2 days before my birthday) 2015. The
first of the tetrad took place on April 15th, 2014. It was cloudy here in
North Alabama and I did not get to see that eclipse. If the weather
permits, I will see this one. This animation shows how the Earth's shadow
crosses the lunar disk during the October 8th eclipse. The animation is from
wikipedia. For more details go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2014_lunar_eclipseI hope to get lots of good photos of the eclipse. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope for clear skys.
Eclipes phases for CDT
Penumbral begins 3:16am
Partial begins 4:15am
Total begins 5:25am
Greatest eclipse 5:55am
Toal ends 6:24am
Partial ends 7:34am
Penumbral ends 8:34am
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