A rare winter solstice lunar eclipse occurred on the official first day of winter for 2010.
It’s highly unusual for a lunar eclipse to fall on the same day as the winter solstice, or shortest day of the year. The last one that happens was in 1638. If you missed this lunar eclipse, you’ll have to wait until 2094 to see another, if you can somehow live that long.
Winter solstice has been celebrated by civilizations long before the birth of Christ. Many stone circles such as the celebrated Stonehenge in England. On the sunrise of the first day of winter and the longest day of summer, the sun shines through one trilithon (one stone laid flat on top of two others.) Since 2005, modern pagans have been allowed to stand in Stonehenge during the summer and winter solstices.
The lunar eclipse was visible in South America, Europe, parts of Asia and most of North America.
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