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Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Just so everyone knows about it; it should be pretty sweet.

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Taken from http://www.astronomy.com/home.asp

On the American evening of May 15, totality begins at 11:14 p.m. EDT, although the action starts well before that. The partial phase, when the moon first dips into Earth's dark umbral shadow, begins at 10:03 p.m. EDT. After 11:40 p.m. EDT, when the moon reaches mid-eclipse and lies deepest in the shadow, the stages play out in reverse. Totality ends at 12:07 a.m. EDT, and the partial phase wraps up at 1:18 a.m. EDT.

At the moon's distance, Earth's shadow has a diameter more than twice that of our satellite. The moon passes north of the shadow's center during this eclipse. This results in a darker southern limb, probably a deep red color, compared with the northern limb, more likely to be a bright orange/yellow.

The entire eclipse can be seen from South America and eastern North America. The moon rises already in partial eclipse for the western half of the United States and rises during totality in Washington state. The United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal will see the moon set shortly after totality ends (on the morning of May 16), while countries farther east will miss most or all of the eclipse.

Two weeks later, on May 31, the new moon casts its shadow on Earth, causing a solar eclipse. Because the moon lies close to apogee, its farthest point from Earth, it can't fully cover the sun. The result: an annular eclipse, in which a ring of sunlight remains around the moon. The annular phase can be seen from a limited area at far northern latitudes, including northern Scotland, Iceland, and parts of Greenland. Remember never to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection

Go see it.

Think all i'll see tonight will be clouds and raindrops in my area.

Maybe next time.

Yeah, it's not looking great here, either. Oh well

Weatherman says cloudy and rain here too. Will probably stay up anyway since they are wrong half the time.

speaking of which, in the "wish I knew then what I know now" department, how do you get a job like that...where you can be wrong half the time and still get paid and promoted? :D

That's The Peter Principle, promotion to the point of incompetence. Unfortunately for many, that spot is on television.

Well, that, and weather prediction is pretty tough. But we don't like to talk about that part . . .

I live in Central Wisconsin, and the action is just starting here. I'm going to shoot a few pictures of it, just to see how they turn out. If they are decent, look for them here in the next week or so, especially those of you that have inclement weather, or just can't get out to see it.

No good here. Its too cloudy. I'm seein nada. Bummer.

sure is giong to be cool

It's getting better here in WI, I can only see a sliver right now. Pretty cool!

dreary, overcast all night here in VA... nuts.

-Mikey

nothing but thunder and lightening in GA, damn.

's ok, though - there's another in November.

We had to drive out to the blue ridge parkway to get out of the fog, but after we did, it was amazing.

It was the first eclipse I remember ever seeing, and it was....bizzare.

All the freaky-freakies with their stones and lights out worshiping it were also bizzare, but that is more of a social issue I guess.

Clear sky in Montreal. It was beautiful.

I love the fact that I could still see the moon's outline, just not the sun's light reflected from it.