According to NASA the next total lunar eclipse in October is 2050 - hmm...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

[johnnie]

1. I don't think they are that rare

According to this page there are a few coming up.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/lunar.html

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. Thats where I got this - if you follow it you'll find that the next TOTAL

eclipse in oct is 2050

Scroll down to the table that goes into the next century

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEcat/LEdecade2041.html

[trotsky]

3. Not true, the next appears to be in 2007.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. Please PLEASE read the title of this thread!

[trotsky]

7. It's not even true for October.

According to this table:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEcat/LE2001-2100.html

There is a total lunar eclipse on this date & location:
2014 Oct 08 10:55 T 127 0.383 2.171 1.172 100m 30m 1.1 0.92 6.3

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. Fair enough - I missed that one - my point however stands!

:)

[SomeYoungGuy]

9. Huh?

If your point is that the next Oct. one is in 2050 but you missed the one in 2014, how does your point remain standing?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. Because the point is it will be a long time before the Red Sox win again!

:evilgrin:

[Brewman_Jax]

4. They happen every month

We just don't get to see them as often. It depends on where you are on the Earth at that time.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Please PLEASE read the title of this thread!

[johnnie]

11. Sorry

I skipped the October part. My bad :)