Tomorrow night, February 20. . . hope and pray for clear skies. . . The full lunar eclipse can be seen in the skies over Texas beginning at 9 p.m. and lasting till almost 10. The evening time before and late night time afterward will show you the partial eclipse, but it will be during this hour (from 9 to 10) that you can really see the specatcle of the full eclipse. So, how does an eclipse happen? I'll tell you how. . .A lunar eclipse happens at least twice a year, whenever Earth's shadow falls on the moon. Interestingly, the moon is always full during eclipses. When the moon passes through the Earth's shadow (the umbra is the darkest part and the lightest part of the shadow is the prenumbra) the moon will begin to glow an eerie red color, and at full eclipse, the moon will appear to be surrounded by a glowing ring, called an annulus. The color of the shadow and the ring around the moon is caused by the amount of dust in the atmosphere. Bet you didn't know that! Now you do.
This has been your daily dose of dorkiness. . .
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