Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But as far as full moon goes there is only one moment not a full night when that occurs. And that occurred a half hour after the except starting happening. To me that's an interesting astronomical coincidence! The moon over Manhattan was full 3:13 EST. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:16:04 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Astro Itinerary for the evening > > Actually, that's true of every lunar eclipse. Couldn't be otherwise: The > Moon > is fullest when it is directly opposite the Sun in the sky, which of > course is > where the Earth's shadow falls. > > What's special about this eclipse is that it occurred at the Winter > Solstice, > not a requirement of any kind for a lunar eclipse. > > Glad you could see it. Clouded out in NW Ohio. As always. > > ?howard > > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 2:57 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> So right in the middle of a total eclipse the moon would have been its >> fullest. That's gotta make for a heck of an eclipse. >> On the darkest night of the year. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information