If you have missed it, you will have to wait for the next one until 2010. The eclipse has been visible from all locations in the United States, but in the Oregon and northern California coasts it coincided with the moon rise. And no special equipment was required for seeing this spectacle.
Total moon eclipses take place when the Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned with the Sun during the full moon, the Earth shadowing its satellite. A maximum of three total lunar eclipses can take place yea...
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