Lunar Eclipses

   Lunar eclipses occur rather often and your chances of being able to see them are actually quite high. It is true they are not quite as dramatic as a solar eclipse. There are no atmospheric effects, no change in temperature. One could be outside, looking in the wrong direction, and not even realize that a lunar eclipse was occuring. But they do have their own special beauty.

   Depending on the condition of Earth's atmosphere at the moment, the Moon can be a subtle salmon color or blood red at the time of totality. If you did not know what to expect, such an event in the sky could be quite frightening. Christopher Columbus used this to good effect on his fourth voyage to the Americas. To give you an idea of the look of a lunar eclipse, here is a picture of a lunar eclipse

   Here is a list of the eclipses we can expect to see next year, from a leading expert in eclipse prediction, Fred Espenak.

Lunar Eclipses of This Decade

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Updated September 29, 2009