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Some interesting Facts about Lunar Eclipse
Posted Date: 18 Apr 2008 Resource Type: Entertainment Category: Funny News
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Posted By: Raghav Member Level: Diamond
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* The Lunar eclipses can only occur at full moon, that time each month when the moon is directly opposite Earth in relation to the sun.
* Eclipses are relatively rare because the plane in which the moon orbits around Earth is tilted 5 degrees compared to the plane of Earth’s travels around the Sun, a plane that astronomers call the ecliptic.
* Any given location can experience up to three lunar eclipses per year,
* Eclipses are visible from the moon, too:
* For ancient people, eclipses were odd and inexplicable, even terrifying. Some cultures saw lunar eclipses as signs of celestial wrath that portended famine or disease.
* The Chinese word for eclipse is chih, which means “to eat.” One can imagine that the bloody cast of the moon in some eclipses only added to the fear of what was going on. Even into the 19th century, the Chinese navy fired cannons to scare off the dragon they imagined was eating the moon.
* In Japan, some people still cover wells to avoid being poisoned by the disease of the moon during an eclipse.
* Native residents of Arctic regions are known to turn over their utensils to avoid contamination during Lunar Eclipse.
* In some other cultures, people yell at the moon during an eclipse, or they bang pots or even shoot into the air.
* The maximum time a lunar eclipse can last is 3 hours and 40 minutes.
* A Solar eclipse always occurs two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.
* The longest time the Moon can stay in totality is 1 hour 40 minutes.
* Lunar eclipses can occur up to 3 times a year.
* Lunar eclipses are visible over an entire hemisphere.
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