What is special about Yesterday's Lunar eclipse?

On Dec 21 night, two important astronomical events Total Lunar Eclipse and Winter solstice coincided. Similar event occurred on Dec 21, 1638 which is 372 years back!

The winter solstice occurs exactly when the Earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. This happens just for a moment. This is shortest day and longest night of a year as well. This time total lunar eclipse coincides with this.

The next time these two events will coincide on December 21, 2094!

If you missed this, you can watch the heavenly show http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/21/lunar.eclipse/index.html?hpt=C2.

Total Lunar Eclipse on Monday Night (Dec 20/21, 2010)

The last lunar eclipse of 2010 occurs on Dec 20/21, 201o. It is visible in North America. This total eclipse will last for 72 minutes.

The eclipse starts at 1:33AM EST (Dec 21, 2010) and ends at 5:01AM EST (Dec 21, 2010). During which total eclipse will be on display from 2:41AM EST through 3:53AM. The mid-eclipse is 3:17AM.

The eclipse is visible in North America, South America, Western European countries, Japan, etc.

However this is not visible in India.

More details all available below links.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2010.html
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2010.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101217/sc_space/amazingspectacletotallunareclipsemondaynight