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Friday, June 1, 2012

Partial eclipse of 'Strawberry Moon' Monday visible from Oregon | Local & Regional News | KPIC CBS 4 - News, Weather and Sports - Roseburg, OR

Partial eclipse of 'Strawberry Moon' Monday visible from Oregon | Local & Regional News | KPIC CBS 4 - News, Weather and Sports - Roseburg, OR: EUGENE, Ore. - Set your alarm clock: Monday's full moon will pass behind the Earth just before dawn, producing the first partial lunar eclipse of 2012.

The partial eclipse of the Strawberry Moon on June 4 - so-called because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during the month of June - starts at 3 a.m. and peaks at 4 a.m. in the Pacific time zone, Dr. Tony Phillips with NASA said.