Get Ready for Today’s Lunar Eclipse
Posted by aileen on
February 20, 2008
This year’s second eclipse will take place tonight (in other parts of the world) around past 10 in the morning here in Thailand. I’d better check on NASA website again for the finality of its appearance. A total of four eclipses will happen this year.
1st- 2008 Feb 07: Annular Solar Eclipse
2nd- 2008 Feb 21: Total Lunar Eclipse
3rd- 2008 Aug 01: Total Solar Eclipse
4th- 2008 Aug 16: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Thailand time is 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+7). The total lunar eclipse will take place at 3:01 am GMT + 7 hours= 10:01 am. Expected visibility of the eclipse will be on these four geographic regions in the Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa that will last for 51 minutes. Scientists predicts that the moon will transform into a vivid red or orange during the total phase since there wasn’t any volcanic activity that took place lately.
All the luck for the eclipse hunters! I know your cameras are now set to capture this significant phenomenon.
