Lunar eclipse

A partially eclipsed moon is seen behind the Astronomers Monument showing astronomers Johannes Kepler and Galileo at the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, Calif., the US, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A fully eclipsed moon is seen near the Empire State Building in New York, the US, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occured Wednesday night, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)