Community | June 03, 2012 | 14 comments

So will a partial eclipse of a nearly-full moon = more, or less craziness in the news?

source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/28may_strawberry/

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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/28may_straw...

"On June 4th, 2012, there's going to be a full Moon. According to Native American folklore it’s the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during the month of June.

This Strawberry’s going to have a bite taken out of it.

At 3:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, not long before sunrise on Monday, June 4th, the Moon passes directly behind our planet. A broad stretch of lunar terrain around the southern crater Tycho will fall under the shadow of Earth, producing the first lunar eclipse of 2012. At maximum eclipse, around 4:04 am PDT, 37% of the Moon's surface will be in the dark.

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There are charts, diagrams at the link.

Don't know 'bout you, but a little less crazy in the news would be OK by me. Just the same, I am getting up early and waving my hands over my head as the sun comes up. Gonna tell my early rising neighbors that I am making shadow puppets on the moon. Sadly, someone is likely to believe that is possible.
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    Community,   Progressive America,   Space,   Quetzalcoatl & Tezcatlipoca
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    NASA,  Lunar Eclipse
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