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November's Lunar Eclipse
Animation Credit & Copyright: Larry Koehn
Explanation: The Moon slides through the Earth's shadow this Saturday night / Sunday morning (November
8/9) giving skygazers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and western Asia a chance to enjoy a total lunar eclipse.
As lunar eclipses go, this will be a brief one though, with the total phase lasting only about 25 minutes. The
orientation and relative size of the Earth's shadow and the Moon's trajectory are il
Animation Credit & Copyright: Larry Koehn
Explanation: The Moon slides through the Earth's shadow this Saturday night / Sunday morning (November
8/9) giving skygazers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and western Asia a chance to enjoy a total lunar eclipse.
As lunar eclipses go, this will be a brief one though, with the total phase lasting only about 25 minutes. The
orientation and relative size of the Earth's shadow and the Moon's trajectory are il