Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] The Astro Itinerary for the evening
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:16:04 -0500
References: <C935C80A.819E%mark@rabinergroup.com>
 
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.
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