The August 28 red moon eclipse will be about 2 weeks
before Rosh Hashanah, occuring during the 30 day
repentance period that precedes the holiday. Total
lunar eclipses don't happen every year but in the
current time period, there are three within a year
span: March 3, 2007, August 28, 2007, and Feb. 20,
2008!These red moon eclipses remind me of this verse in the
Bible:Revelation 6:12 (New King James Version)
Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold,
there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood._______________________________
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070720_ns_eclipse.html
Plan Ahead: Total Lunar Eclipse Aug. 28
By Joe Rao
SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
posted: 20 July 2007
12:55 am ET
On Aug. 28, skywatchers across much of North America
can watch as the Moon crosses into the Earth's shadow
and will undergo its second total eclipse in 2007.West Coast viewers will get the best show.
Lunar eclipses occur when Earth gets between the sun
and the moon, casting a shadow. The view is different
from each location on the planet. Along the West Coast
of Canada and the United States and in Alaska, the
entire eclipse will be visible from start to finish
before moonset in the early morning hours of that
Tuesday. Hawaiians will see totality - when the moon
is completely in Earth's shadow - high in their sky
around midnight.In eastern Asia and Australia, the event will occur on
the same date but in the evening, since for this part
of the world it will coincide with moonrise.What will happen
The Moon will track across the southern portion of the
Earth's shadow, and will be completely immersed for
one-hour and 30 minutes, making this a much-longer
than normal totality.Because some of the sunlight that strikes our Earth is
diffused and scattered by our atmosphere, its shadow
is not completely dark; enough of this light reaches
the Moon to give it an eerie coppery glow even when
it's totally eclipsed. . .