Early risers can see lunar eclipse Monday

February 7, 6:05 PMAstrology ExaminerMaria Barron

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Penumbral lunar eclipse from Wikimedia Commons

Just before sunrise on Feb. 9, 2009, star-watchers in the western U.S. and Canada should be able to see a dusky shading in the northern half of the moon, which will be setting in the west in the sign of Leo. This penumbral lunar eclipse won’t be seen in the eastern Americas or western Europe, but will be visible in eastern Europe and portions of Africa and Asia around sunset.

In the Rocky Mountains, it should be most visible at 6:38 a.m.

A world map of visibility is available at the bottom of this page of the NASA eclipse website: Eclipse Map, and further information about this eclipse from NASA's Fred Espenak and Amy Simon-Miller is here: Eclipse Info.

This eclipse occurs in the axis of Leo and Aquarius, in which the sun in Aquarius throws the Earth’s shadow on the face of the moon in Leo. Symbolically, it’s a democratizing eclipse in which the sign of individuals within community, Aquarius, overshadows the kind of self-interest associated with royalty, represented by Leo. It also calls upon us to use the best qualities of each sign – to be noble and generous, like Leo at its best, while at the same time we engage our diverse individuality, represented by Aquarius, in pursuits that also benefit the larger community, which is also Aquarius.

I think I’ve mentioned a time or two … it’s a very Aquarian year!