Full Lunar Eclipse tonight. Be there! ALOHA! Gonna watch?

At 5:44 EST, the moon will duck behind the earth (yes, flat earthers, the moon revolves around the earth. Much like the sun.) and turn a ghostly red color. The earth's atmosphere scatters light causing a small amount to hit the moon's surface.

So, get out there, and enjoy a unique sight.

The moon will be rising:



Ironically, give the thread title, Hawaii will be one of the few places on earth where you won't see it at all.

Because it won't be easy seeing the moon in shadow anywhere but in the EST timezone otherwise.

but with the Sun approaching a conjunction with Uranus we'll probably be jazzed until Monday morn. :)

how so, SN?

good for breakthroughs and breakdowns. Is a bit volatile. Maybe learn to dance slightly more spryly is all.

:(

In brief: Northwest will miss out on lunar eclipse

The full moon may look a little shaded when it rises at sunset tonight, but that's as close as Inland Northwest sky watchers will get to this afternoon's total lunar eclipse, the first such eclipse in two and a half years.

Mary Singer of the Spokane Astronomical Society said the eclipse will show "virtually nothing" in this region, and a chart from NASA shows that the moon will rise here just as the eclipse ends. Views will be better to the east. The total phase begins at 2:44 p.m. on the West Coast.


Sky watchers should mark Aug. 28 on their calendars. That's when another total lunar eclipse will be visible, and it will occur high in the sky during the early morning hours here.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=177321

http://www.spaceweather.com/

They have a photo up from a similar eclipse. Very pretty.

They generally have great galleries for people to upload their pics so Westerners can probably find some after the event we won't get to watch. Usually have great aurora pics too.

You can sign up for email notices when there is something interesting to see in the sky.

Kids will love the site.

edited to add: Maximum eclipse is at 6:21 p.m. EST.

Bush has less than two years left.

Actually, the moon is visible in daylight, and if the skies are clear, should be no problem.

you are pretty much talking about it being dark - twilight, at best.

that causes the eclipse in the first place.

I got up at dawn to let my cat out who was having a hissy scratching the door, which faces west. I looked up at a sphere on the horizon of the hill opposite my hill. The moon hadn't set yet and instead of the usually cold white and shadowy orb that we are used to, it was a blazing white hot sight like an extremely bright street light. Since I was half asleep, I blinked twice because I knew we don't have street lights out here in the boonies. I then realized it was the moon, but a moon like I have never seen before. Of course I don't get up at dawn very often and this may be a regular occurrence. It made me think though. Strange things are happening. LOL!

I cropped this one for use as an avatar. The original image is in some ridiculously high resolution w/ the surrounding black sky & stars included.

Not sure this one is supposed to be as red. Guess we'll have to see.

it's going to be too cloudy.
I'll have to wait another two years.
But I've watched a few already. ;)

Have fun!

Pink Floyd Eclipse Live 1974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ulXvPLmis

Time -- 5:50

'Eclipse'

From the album, "Dark Side of the Moon"

(Waters) 2:04

All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal.
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say.
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight.
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

"There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/dark-side-moon-lyrics.html

First total lunar eclipse in 2½ years underway; best views on East Coast

Canadian Press
Published: Saturday, March 03, 2007

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8876d3ab-54cc-4cc2-ac68-af7d0de3e0fc&k=70754


The moon can be seen, partially eclipsed, during an English Premiership soccer match,
in Portsmouth, southern England, Saturday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

HALIFAX (CP) -

The Earth's shadow has started to cover the moon - the beginning of the first total
lunar eclipse in 2½ years.

Stargazers in eastern parts of Canada and the United States, as well as those in Africa,
Europe and much of Asia, should have the best view.

The eclipse began at around 4:30 p.m. ET, with the moon expected to be fully covered around 5:45.

The eclipse should last about 74 minutes before the moon begins to re-appear, with the moon
completely visible shortly after 8 p.m. ET.

But some astronomy buffs might have trouble seeing the celestial phenomenon.

Parts of Eastern Canada are covered in clouds from a winter storm that moved through
the region and is now in Newfoundland and Labrador.