Feb 10, 2009

Lunar Eclipse

Did you know yesterday evening was a lunar eclipse. However, its not a complete eclipse, but a penumbral one, where the softer shadow of earth falls on the moon as the moon is too far away.


Moon with partial eclipse
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  1. Anonymous10/2/09 4:53 PM

    I observed the moon too; now i understand how it looked so different!

    Thanks for the info!
    Pooja

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