Total lunar eclipse expected Saturday
Eclipse will be at least partly visible from Asia to the Americas
Updated: 12:16 p.m. ET March 2, 2007
LONDON – The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson Saturday night as it passes behind the Earth’s shadow in the first total lunar eclipse in three years.
The eclipse will be at least partly visible from Asia to the Americas, although those in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have the best view.
Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun’s light. The event is rare because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth’s orbit.
Although it will pass completely under Earth’s shadow, light from the sun will still reach the moon after being refracted through Earth’s atmosphere, giving the moon an eerie dark reddish tinge.
“It’s not an event that has any scientific value, but it’s something everybody can enjoy,” said Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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I saw nuttin’
It was great. Especially since there was a full moon afterward to compare the eclipse to. It was cloudy and low in the sky to see the beginning but I got to see a little less than half the moon covered by the earth around 7pm and then gradually go to full moon