Eclipse 08'

i was going down the road friday and saw the moon looking like a chinese slut,i mean slit.i was riding with van saw it and said there's going to be an eclipse soon.it states in yahoo microsoft there calling a lunar eclipse febuary 20th.how did i know that?
yesterday's budshoot out during the racers interviews.i saw dale winning it and said dales going to win.who won.how did i do that