Total Eclipse of the Moon on 20-21 February
MIL/UT/Occult Astrology, Feb 19, 2008.
February 19, 2008 – There shall be total eclipse of the Moon 10.26 PM beginning to end, the February 20/21to last about three hours and twenty-six minutes.
For viewer on Eastern Standard Time the eclipse will enter the partial phase on February 20 at 08:43 pm; for Central Standard Time, 07:43 pm; for Mountain Standard Time, 06:43 pm; and Pacific Standard Time at 05:43 pm - before sunset.
For viewers in Europe and Africa, the action begins at the beginning of a new day - on February 21 at 01:43 am GMT. (to the good folks down under and in the Far East… no eclipse will be visible.)
Totality will begin at 10:01 pm EAST, 09:01 pm CST, 08:01 pm, MST, 07:01 pm PST, and 03:01 am GMT and end precisely 50 minutes later. Then, you have 1 hour and 18 minutes left as the Moon slowly slides out of the Earth's shadow once again.
The most interesting part of the story is that while that seems like plenty of time, photographers will want to note that Saturn will be joining the eclipse show as well!
Although the separation will vary slightly with the observer's position on Earth, for most of us the bright, yellowish visage of Saturn will be less than 3 degrees away from the Moon's northern limb.
For those of you who enjoy photographing the night sky, this will be a tremendous opportunity to both capture an astronomy event and a conjunction at the same time!
This type of event - when things interestingly align in the sky is also sometimes called an "appulse". For all we know, we could even be experiencing a syzygy!
Regardless of what word you want to put on it, it's definitely going to be a sight worth seeing. Let's take a look at where the action is happening!
Astrologically speaking from the angle of Occult Astrology, if your birth date is 2,11,29, 8,17,26 of any month, or if you were born on Monday or Saturday, you can excel in speculation or any initiative during this period. You are only to avoid rash driving.
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