Byline: Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A total eclipse of the moon will be the prime celestial attraction in October, even for those who don't normally watch the night sky. Observers in most of North America and all of South America, as well as western Europe and Africa, will see the full moon's color change from bright silver to dull copper as it passes through Earth's shadow on the night of Oct. 27-28. The event will not be visible in eastern Asia and Australia.
For details about where the eclipse will be visible, see http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2004Oct28/TLE2004Oct28.html.
The total eclipse will last an hour and 22 minutes, at a time in the evening when many viewers in the Western Hemisphere will still be awake. The midpoint of the eclipse will be at 11:04 p.m. EDT on Oct. 27 (3:04 Universal Time on Oct. 28).
The moon will first edge into our shadow …
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