[punatic]

There is a total lunar eclipse happening on the coming full moon.  The eclipse begins at 12:27AM EST on 12/21/10.  Totality begins at 2:40AM EST.  With eclipse maximum at 3:17AM EST.

Winter Solstice happens just a few hours later at 6:38PM EST on 12/21/10.

Big solar system shindig that day!  Woo Hooo!

Joe Bob says, "Check it out!"

[tschmidlin]

That should be awesome . . . too bad it's not tonight while the sky is clear, it's supposed to be overcast Monday night.

[loopy]

There is alot of symbolism in those events as well for those that take interest in that sorta thing. 
Might be a neat event to see. 

[euge]

It should occur about 0015 Central. Sky is clear and moon is full. Forecast is for fog but I'm optimistic for a nice viewing.

[tubercle]

I wonder if this has any thing to do with that Nostra Dumb Ass fella?

[euge]

Probably. 

[loopy]

too cloudy to see anything for me tonight. 

[punatic]

It's raining here on the windward side.  Now that's a big surprise!     No moon in sight. 

There are several sites streaming video of the eclipse on Upstream.  (yawn).

[euge]

Total Eclipse!

[drunkenpuff]

It looks incredible! The last time an eclipse happened on the Winter Solstice, Galileo was under house arrest...1638!

[punatic]

It looks incredible! The last time an eclipse happened on the Winter Solstice, Galileo was under house arrest...1638!

A sure sign of man-made global warming!   

[1vertical]

too cloudy to see anything for me tonight. 

That was my scenario as well

[euge]

The clouds blew in too so I didn't get to see the whole thing. Pretty cool though. Once in a lifetime.

[punatic]

Lunar eclipse coinciding with winter solstice is once in many lifetimes. 

Total lunar eclipses come in clusters. There can be two or three during a period of a year or a year and a half, followed by a lull of two or three years before another round begins. When you add partial eclipses there can be three in a calendar year and again, it's quite possible to have none at all.

[theDarkSide]

The clouds blew in too so I didn't get to see the whole thing. Pretty cool though. Once in a lifetime.

Just think, the next time this happens in 350 years or whenever they will be saying, "This type of event hasn't happened since the time of internal combustion engines, and computers were operated with a mouse and keyboard...in other words, the Dark Ages."

edit: So I guess the next eclipse during Northern Winter Solstice will be in 2094.   Maybe by then InBev will be owned by a collaboration of craft brewers.