Lunar eclipse on Google

For those who may not be able to see the lunar eclipse starting at 2 a.m. Thursday, news are abound that Google will be broadcasting the event through its YouTube page.

However since the eclipse will be only seen in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America, and Google won't be witnessing it in Mountain View, California, they have partnered with Slooh Space Camera. Slooh will start broadcasting the event starting 2 a.m. (June 15, 2011, 1800 UTC).

Slooh also has an eclipse countdown timer to indicate how much more time we all will have to wait.

The greatest eclipse is scheduled at 4:12 a.m.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and moon so that the Earth blocks the sun's rays striking on the moon.

A solar eclipse, on the other hand, is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. According to the National Aeronotics and Space Administration's eclipse web site, the next solar eclipse is on July 1, 2011 at 4:38 p.m.

The next total lunar eclipse will be on Dec. 10, 2011 at 10:31 p.m. Thursday's lunar eclipse is also a total eclipse. — DBL