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Any lunar eclipse medals being planned?
RogerB
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From Sky & Telescope magazine:
"On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years graces the skies above North America. But unlike the previous one, this eclipse is positioned perfectly for the West Coast and Pacific Rim, while the East Coast and the Atlantic Regions will see little, if any, of the show."
No special glasses needed. 
skyandtelescope.com/sky-and-telescope-magazine/januarys-total-lunar-eclipse/
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That will be an eclipse of a Blue Moon, the second Full Moon of January.
But it won't be "blue" - it'll be dark amber to rust.
Maybe an earth counterstamp on the "full moon" side of one of the more risque "heads or tails" silver rounds would do the trick.
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The Apollo 11 Commem will be out in 2019.
Perhaps you could buy one and stain it dark. It could be the closest you'll get to a lunar eclipse medal.
You could also get a 5oz puck and put an LED light strip around the circumference and have yourself a solar eclipse medal.
Try to think outside the box...
It could be a convex coin, with part of the coin blacked out.... and the reverse also blacked (dark side of the moon...
).... Or, here is an idea... the first full orb coin... a little metal mood....now that would be cool... even interest marble collectors. The slab and grading would certainly be interesting...I do not know of any country that has issued such a coin.... You heard it here first.... I need to patent the idea... 
Cheers, RickO
Unfortunately these events occur late at night or very early in the morning.
And who wants to get up at 3:30am to go outside and watch an eclipse?
Who?
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Here is an image my co-worker created of our Lunar Eclipse on February 20th, 2008.
Nice composite!
Calculating an eclipse is a basic geometry problem. In 9th grade we had to do this using only geometry and Algebra II. (The teacher let us use a hypothetical circular lunar orbit, but the fellow craftily gave each of us a different lunar diameter or distance from earth. So everyone who answered correctly had different numerical answers.) Later, similar problems appeared in math and physics classes, but we had to use different methods to obtain the results. Kinda fun to do and a great way to learn a practical application for theory.