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Hi Tessa!
In Shanghai, you're well located to see the total eclipse of the moon on Tuesday evening, August 28th.
The moon rises totally eclipsed at about the moment of sunset Tuesday evening. At first you won't notice anything, but as your sky grows dark, you'll begin to make out the ghostly image of the eclipsed moon. It will probably take 20 minutes to a half-hour after sunset before you'll see it.
The total eclipse ends at 7:22 p.m. China Time, following which you'll have about an hour of partial eclipse until 8:23, when the moon moves out of the umbra completely.
I saw that another writer mentioned the February 20th eclipse, visible in the Americas (note that it is the evening of Wednesday February 20th, not the 21st, in the Western Hemisphere). The February eclipse will not be visible from China, however.
But patience! China will get two total eclipses of the sun in the next two years! Next August 1, 2008, a total eclipse will pass over Xian and other parts of the northwestern territory of China.
Then, on the morning of July 22, 2009, an even better total eclipse of the sun will follow roughly the line of the Blue River, including Chungking and Hankow (but missing Nanking and the river's lower reaches), as well as Shanghai. You'll see over 3 1/2 minutes of totality at Shanghai, and you could see even more if you went a few miles to the south of the city.
Feb. 21st 2008, a total lunar eclipse that should be seen in the americas, Africa, and Europe.
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