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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 10:25:46 GMT
A partial lunar eclipse tonight, a little chunk will be disappearing from the base of the moon and it will be the first time in 300 years that we will have been able to see this exciting event.
As the sun sets in the southwest, the full moon rises in the northeast. At 5:17 p.m. local time Friday the moon begins to enter the Earth's shadow, though it is undetectable at first. At 6:52, the moon enters the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra. Maximum eclipse is at 7:23, and the moon leaves the umbra at 7:53. The last traces of the shadow are gone by 9:28.
Australians may catch a glimpse of the eclipse just before moonset at dawn on Jan. 1.
At least, I THINK those are the times. I'll check.
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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 10:29:23 GMT
There's some controversy about maximum eclipse ETA - some sources say 7.22 pm!
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 31, 2009 10:33:53 GMT
I don't understand; what exactly are we looking for? How will we know if we're seeing it?
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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 10:34:45 GMT
Err..um..dunno.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 31, 2009 11:14:57 GMT
An eclipse!!! Over New Year!!! I bet the Astrologers are going batty about that!
Capricorn
With the magnetic pressure of the Lunar Eclipse smack bang in the middle of your star chart you may find your legs pulling to the left a lot and too much alcohol on New Year's Eve will lead to spontaneous combustion if you mix it with curry. This may not be a good time to fall in love.
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Post by alanseago on Dec 31, 2009 11:54:46 GMT
My left leg tries to rotate 90 degrees when I am sober. I intend to consume large quantities of alcohol this evening because it is exactly 2009 years since something vague. One celestial body temporarily interrupts our view of another, so what!
I stopped believing in fairies when I was seven.
There is a difference between spontaneous combustion and noxious gases.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 31, 2009 12:08:11 GMT
Ah! you see - the extra magnetic power generated by the eclipse will make any build up of gas exceptionally dangerous this eveing!  |
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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 13:29:00 GMT
So what? he says...
So anything in space that we can see is exciting. No? It's space!!! Come on!!!!!
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2009 14:55:25 GMT
A partial lunar eclipse tonight Radio-4, 15:00 GMT today (4 minutes), a programme about today's Blue Moon -- yes it's once in a Blue Moon today! I am not making this up. |
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2009 15:03:37 GMT
Love your new avatar, Trubble. Fine figure of a bitch.
The woman's nice too. Is that you?
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Post by jean on Dec 31, 2009 18:41:00 GMT
I forgot to look.
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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 18:44:50 GMT
It's not too late, Jean! It's only starting now, will peak at 7.20. Of course, I had no snow- NO SNOW -for Christmas but suddenly, right on cue, now there is a flurry of it which means SNOW CLOUDS. No!!! There is NO justice. I briefly glimpsed the moon an hour ago, all full and fat and blue, before the clouds came. It was beautiful.  |
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Post by trubble on Dec 31, 2009 18:45:55 GMT
Love your new avatar, Trubble. Fine figure of a bitch. The woman's nice too. Is that you? No. I'm the bitch with the glossy coat and wet nose. |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 31, 2009 18:48:30 GMT
It is overcast and quite misty here - no moon, no stars.
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Post by jean on Dec 31, 2009 19:44:57 GMT
I've just seen it - a sort of furry bite out of the bottom right hand edge.
It's moving uo in an anti-clockwise direction.
Good thing I looked at this thread again!
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2009 20:10:50 GMT
Love your new avatar, Trubble. Fine figure of a bitch. The woman's nice too. Is that you? No. I'm the bitch with the glossy coat and wet nose. Second thoughts -- looks like trouble! |
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 31, 2009 20:20:50 GMT
I saw a kind of blue line round the moon. Was that it?
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2009 21:23:25 GMT
Best I can do at such short notice. I blame Trubble. No sign of blue from here.  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 31, 2009 21:24:51 GMT
No, that's not what I saw. I must have missed it.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2009 21:32:12 GMT
More of today's hot pics from Wales, and one from Boxing Day . . .  Quarry  Afon Hafren, approaching flood (Severn)  Yorkshire Pud (I don't often get them as right as this) |
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