Lunar Eclipse Feb 20 2008 - Did anyone knew?

did anyone knew there was a lunar eclipse on Feb 20? I certainly did not! came across this video - so this is how a lunar eclipse look like.

According to Wikipedia:

"A total lunar eclipse occurred on the morning of Thursday, February 21, 2008 (in Europe and Africa; evening of Wednesday, February 20 for the Americas). It represented the first of the two lunar eclipses in 2008, with the second, the August 16, 2008 event being partial. The next total lunar eclipse will occur on December 21, 2010.

It was visible in the eastern evening sky on February 20 for all of North and South America, and on February 21 in the predawn western sky from most of Africa and Europe.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes completely through the earth's shadow. This is called the umbral shadow. The moon took about an hour and 20 minutes to pass through the penumbral shadow before and after the total eclipse, during which the otherwise full moon may be mistaken as having a phase.

Shortly before the eclipse began, the bright star Regulus was occulted by the moon in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Regulus and the planet Saturn were prominent very near the moon during the total eclipse portion."

so - here you go.. short video but worth the sight. :)