Moon Eclipse
This year's winter solstice (21/12/2010) — an event that will occur next Tuesday — will coincide with a full lunar eclipse in a union that hasn't been seen in 456 years.
The eclipse will start just after midnight Eastern Time on Tuesday, with the main event starting at 1:30 a.m. ET and lasting until 5:30 a.m., when the moon reappears.
| Event | PST (-8 UTC) |
MST (-7 UTC) |
CST (-6 UTC) |
EST (-5 UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start penumbral (P1) | 9:27 pm (*) | 10:27 pm (*) | 11:27 pm (*) | 12:27 am |
| Start umbral (U1) | 10:32 pm (*) | 11:32 pm (*) | 12:32 am | 1:32 am |
| Start total (U2) | 11:40 pm (*) | 12:40 am | 1:40 am | 2:40 am |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:17 am | 1:17 am | 2:17 am | 3:17 am |
| End total (U3) | 12:53 am | 1:53 am | 2:53 am | 3:53 am |
| End umbra (U4) | 2:02 am | 3:02 am | 4:02 am | 5:02 am |
| End penumbral (P4) | 3:06 am | 4:06 am | 5:06 am | 6:06 am |
| (*) before midnight on Monday night, December 20 | ||||
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