When you posted this question, the eclipse was in progress, and the Moon was already totally eclipsed. The total phase of the eclipse ended about a half-hour after that.
todays lunar eclipse will end near 09:30pm
It will start around 12:40 and will last approximately 72 minutes.
It will start around 2:30 Tuesday morning and end either three hours later or three minutes later
The eclipse, which is being called the Christmas Lunar Eclipse by some scientists, will be visible over all of North America, beginning locally at 12:27 a.m. Tuesday. The "total phase" -- which is the most visible portion of the eclipse -- will be visible from 2:40 a.m. to 3:53 a.m. The end of the eclipse will be at 6:06 a.m.
The Lunar Eclipse for Illinois will start at 1:41 am and end at 2:53 am.. when the moon, earth, and sun are perfectly aligned is at 2:17 am..
There are generally two lunar eclipses each year. Of those, about half are partial or penumbral, and a lunar eclipse is visible from about one-half of the world. So wherever you live, you can expect to experience one total lunar eclipse about every other year. Depending on the precise alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth, a lunar eclipse can take anywhere from a few minutes (for a partial eclipse) to three or four hours, from beginning to end.
There are several cultures that have myths about the lunar eclipse, all seem to think something is swallowing the moon. While the Egyptians saw it as a sow swallowing the moon, the Mayans a Jaguar and the Chinese a three legged toad. The most bizarre being that some societies believed it to be a demon and tried to chase it away by throwing things at the moon.
It would round about be at the end of October 2010
They said on Wikepedia that Eclipse will be coming out in end of June 2010. Hopefully. www.wikipedia.com/eclipse It wouldn't have finished yet
THE NEXT eclipse is a penumbral lunar eclipse in two weeks, on August 6, 2009. It will not be noticable to the naked eye. There will be a 7% partial lunar eclipse on December 31, 2009 visible in the eastern hemisphere. At 7%, it will hardly be noticable. The next total solar eclipse will be on July 11, 2010. The eclipse will occur primarily in the south Pacific Ocean, hitting land only on Easter Island and southern Chile and Argentina.
During a lunar eclipse, the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earth's shadow to cover the Moon. You can simply observe and enjoy the spectacle from anywhere you can see the Moon in the sky. No special equipment is needed to view a lunar eclipse.
The next lunar eclipse is on February 9,2009 to find out more visit, http://www.apologia.com/bookextras.You will see a password box in it type Godcreateditall then hit enter and go to lesson 6. You can go to Nasa's page which lists all the upcoming lunar eclipses (for the next 100 years) and where they occur in the world. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html