Lunar Eclipse tonight

John reminded me that there’s a lunar eclipse tonight. If the skies stay as clear as they are right now, I may climb up to the roof of my apartment building and see if I can get any decent pictures.

In the meantime, I present this handy-dandy guide to eclipse terminology.

An eclipse of the moon occurs when the sun passes between the earth and the moon.

An eclipse of the sun occurs when the shadow of the earth falls on the sun.

An eclipse of the earth occurs when you put your hands over your eyes.

(Images from Tom Weller‘s seminal 1985 technical opus, Science Made Stupid)

iTunesFascination Street (Extended)” by Cure, The from the album Mixed Up (1990, 8:48).