Lunar Eclipses in 2010-2011
by moonman on Oct.14, 2009, under Lunar Eclipse
There will be two lunar eclipses in 2010:
The lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010 will be partial.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 21, 2010.
The two lunar eclipses in 2011 will be total lunar eclipses:
On June 15, 2011 and December 10, 2011.
Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, August 5, 2009
by moonman on Aug.01, 2009, under Lunar Eclipse
This full Moon is a partial lunar eclipse, and it occurs on August 5th in the Americas, and August 6th in most of the rest of the world. The end of the eclipse will be visible in the Eastern US.
Full Moon in Aquarius Wednesday, August 5, 2009 5:55pm PDT 13º 43’
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 5:58pm PDT 13º 44’
The main feature in this chart is the Full Moon, with the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Aquarius. The lunar eclipse at 13°43? Aquarius on August 5 (August 6 in the Eastern Hemisphere) is the last in the Aquarius-Leo series, which began in February 2008.
Lunar eclipses are like super powerful Full Moons. The Sun, Moon and Earth all align on the same plane, and for a few hours, the Earth blocks the light of the Sun from reaching the Moon.
Lunar eclipses clear things out of our lives, especially issues from the past. This eclipse opens the door to release any left-over illusions we still harbor that life will go on as usual. Lunar eclipses energize us to shed old habits and let go of the past so that the doorways to the future can open.
Moon
by moonman on Jul.27, 2009, under About Moon
Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.
The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The Moon’s diameter is 3,474 km, a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth. Thus, the Moon’s surface area is less than a tenth that of the Earth (about a quarter the Earth’s land area, approximately as large as Russia, Canada, and the United States combined), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth.
The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth’s surface. The Moon is the only celestial body to which humans have traveled and upon which humans have performed a manned landing.
Gravity of the Moon distorts surface of the Earth, and pulls the ocean’s tides. Moon affects all living organisms on the deepest levels, and rules human’s unconscious, and our emotions.
