December 2010 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 20/21, 2010.^[2] It will be visible after midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 21 in North and South America. The beginning of the total eclipse will be visible from northern Europe just before sunrise. The end of the total eclipse will be visible rising at sunset for Japan and northeastern Asia; it will also be visible in the Philippines just after sunset (as a partial lunar eclipse). It will be the first total lunar eclipse in almost 3 years, the last being on February 20, 2008. ^[3]
It is the second of two lunar eclipses in 2010. The first was a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010. It will be the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second in the Common Era.^[4][5]

Local times

Local times of eclipse over North America

Event	HAST (UTC-10)	AKST (UTC-9)	PST (UTC-8)	MST (UTC-7)	CST (UTC-6)	EST (UTC-5)	AST (UTC-4)
Start penumbral (P1)	7:27 pm(*)	8:27 pm(*)	9:27 pm(*)	10:27 pm(*)	11:27 pm(*)	12:27 am	1:27 am
Start umbral (U1)	8:32 pm(*)	9:32 pm(*)	10:32 pm(*)	11:32 pm(*)	12:32 am	1:32 am	2:32 am
Start total (U2)	9:40 pm(*)	10:40 pm(*)	11:40 pm(*)	12:40 am	1:40 am	2:40 am	3:40 am
Greatest eclipse	10:17 pm(*)	11:17 pm(*)	12:17 am	1:17 am	2:17 am	3:17 am	4:17 am
End total (U3)	10:53 pm(*)	11:53 pm(*)	12:53 am	1:53 am	2:53 am	3:53 am	4:53 am
End umbral (U4)	12:02 am	1:02 am	2:02 am	3:02 am	4:02 am	5:02 am	6:02 am
End penumbral (P4)	1:06 am	2:06 am	3:06 am	4:06 am	5:06 am	6:06 am	7:06 am
(*) before midnight on Monday night, December 20