Rare Solstice Lunar Eclipse Tonight!
![Image: From north shore of Long Island at Makamah Beach, Northport, NY.](../vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92ec5c29e068503001ce3/thumb_screen-shot-2010-12-20-at-1-26-07-pm.png)
Everyone knows that “the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below.” That is, except during a lunar eclipse. For the first time in many years, northern winter is beginning with a total lunar eclipse.