CBC News - Technology & Science - Lunar eclipse, winter solstice to coincide
This year's winter solstice on Tuesday will fall on the same day as a full lunar eclipse for the first time in 456 years.
The rare, 72-minute lunar eclipse — when the sun, the Earth and the moon align — will begin in the early morning hours on Dec. 21 in North America, and should cast an amber glow on snowy landscapes, said NASA.
This year's winter solstice on Tuesday will fall on the same day as a full lunar eclipse for the first time in 456 years.
The rare, 72-minute lunar eclipse — when the sun, the Earth and the moon align — will begin in the early morning hours on Dec. 21 in North America, and should cast an amber glow on snowy landscapes, said NASA.