December 2010 lunar eclipse

The eclipse of December 2010 was the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years, since the February 2008 lunar eclipse.[2]

It is the second of two lunar eclipses in 2010. The first was a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010.[3]

The eclipse was the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second in the Common Era.[4][5]

NASA chart of the eclipse

These simulated views of the earth from the center of the moon during the lunar eclipse show where the eclipse is visible on earth.

In North America, the eclipse was visible in its entirety on 21 December 2010, from 12:27 a.m. to 6:06 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.[6] In the Central Standard Time zone and west, the eclipse began the night of 20 December.[7] Observers along South America's east coast missed the late stages of the eclipse because they occurred after moon-set.[8]

Likewise much of Europe and Africa experienced moon-set while the eclipse was in progress. In Europe, only those observers in northern Scandinavia (including Iceland), Ireland and Britain could observe the entire event. For observers in eastern Asia the moon rose in eclipse. The eclipse was not visible from southern and eastern Africa, the Middle East or South Asia. In Japan and northeastern Asia, the eclipse's end was visible, with the moon rising at sunset. In the Philippines it was observable as a partial lunar eclipse just after sunset.[8]

Predictions suggested that the total eclipse may appear unusually orange or red, as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia on 26 October.[9]

Progressions

Progression from São Paulo, Brazil
Progression from Anchorage, Alaska
Panorama showing the view from the site of the VLT
Sequence from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Sequence is in 15 minute increments, with 5 minute increments up until totality at 8:17am UTC)	Progression from Toronto, Canada
From Jacksonville, Florida, 8:29 UTC - 10:06 UTC	From Easton, Pennsylvania

Individual shots, sorted by time:

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  From New York City, New York, 5:35 UTC
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  From Arlington County, Virginia, ~7:30 UTC
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  From New York City, New York, 7:38 UTC
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  From Seattle, Washington beginning of totality, 7:41 UTC[10]
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  From the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, 7:46 UTC
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  From Miami, Florida, 7:52 UTC
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  From Richardson, Texas, 7:53 UTC
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  From Dover, Delaware, 7:54 UTC
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  Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada during totality, 8:21 UTC
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  From Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 8:26 UTC
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  From Orlando, Florida, 8:28 UTC
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  From Jacksonville, Florida, 8:30 UTC
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  Amateur scientists observing eclipse in Villa Gesell, Argentina, 8:34 UTC
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  From Tucson, Arizona, 8:44 UTC
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  From Longjing District, Taichung, Taiwan at moonrise, 9:45 UTC

Animations:

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  Animated Simulation
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  Time-lapsed animation
  Miami, Florida

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
• June 2011 lunar eclipse
• December 2011 lunar eclipse
• File:2010-12-21 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
• 2010 12 21 – Lunar Eclipse in Jacksonville, FL
• 2010 12 21 – Lunar Eclipse Sequence

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2010 December 21.

• Worldwide viewing times for the December 2010 Total Lunar Eclipse
• How to Photograph the Lunar Eclipse from the NY Institute of Photography Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• "Full & Last Lunar Eclipse Of 2010 On December 21st". Tech Dreams. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
• 2010 Dec 21 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • NASA: Eclipses During 2010 2010 Dec 21: Total Lunar Eclipse
• "Total Lunar Eclipse of 21 Dec, 2010 AD". hermit.org. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
• Animation of the December 21, 2010 eclipse at shadowandsubstance.com
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific eclipse times and questions & answers Archived 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• "Total Lunar Eclipse: Dec. 21, 2010". Spaceweather.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.