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               Total Lunar Eclipse to Be Visible on US West Coast

   by Associated Press

   The heavens will provide a treat this weekend for those along North
   America's West Coast, but they won't have much time to catch it.

   Weather permitting, sky gazers will be able to enjoy a total lunar
   eclipse in the pre-dawn hours Saturday.

   Scientists expect totality -- when the full moon is completely obscured
   by Earth's shadow -- to last just several minutes, beginning at 4:58
   a.m. PDT (11:58 a.m. UTC). Most of the eclipsed moon should appear
   reddish-orange.

   The eclipse will be visible just before 2 a.m. in Hawaii and late
   Saturday night in Australia and parts of Asia.

   In the U.S. Midwest, the moon will be close to setting and the sun
   rising around totality. The eastern half of North America will miss out
   on the total phase.
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