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Thursday, February 21, 2008

February 21, 2008




A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the moon passes through some portion of the Earth’s shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, the Moon is always full the night of a lunar eclipse.

- Wikipedia, Lunar Eclipse

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