Total lunar eclipse, Aug 28


	Total lunar eclipse, Aug 28

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8-26-2007 11:32 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/87da3056-4d4d-4c5f-86be-cf6d5f527990/63F5B87B-FBF6-4FDF-92BF-F3F1648CF525/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.msnbc.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>Tuesday morning, Aug. 28 brings us the second total <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="4010143">lunar eclipse</A> of 2007.  Those living in the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia will be able to partake in at least some of this sky show. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>The very best viewing region for viewing <A target="_blank" href="http://www.space.com/snserver/snweb.php#Req=4&LatD=40&LatM=45.58&LatRG=N&LonD=73&LonM=59.50&LonRG=W&HH=05&Min=15&AmPm=1&MM=8&DD=28&YY=2007&DST=Yes&SD=Yes&LocMMA=&LabStar=Yes&Lab=Yes&Cons=Yes&Hor=Yes&SG=&PW=410&PH=358&Az=252.1720153061225&FOV=40.38382550204082&Alt=14.057338435374149&Elev=3&LocN=Earth&Explore=No&">this eclipse</A> will fall across the Pacific Rim, including the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand and eastern Australia.  All these places will be able to see the complete eclipse from start to finish.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>Europeans will miss out on the entire show, as the <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="4010100">moon</A> will be below the horizon during their mid and late morning hours.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20425640/"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>The most obvious part of the eclipse will be when the moon is passing through the dark umbral shadow of the Earth.  On this occasion, the full moon will track just to the south of the center of the Earth's umbra; deep path almost through the center of the umbra which will result in a total phase lasting an unusually long 1 hour 30 minutes (the maximum possible is 1 hour 47 minutes).</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/63F5B87B-FBF6-4FDF-92BF-F3F1648CF525/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>