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Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the burn-your-eyes-out dept.

chuckpeters writes "A total lunar eclipse will soon darken the full moon for most of North and South America, Europe, and Africa. The Moon rises about five p.m. EST and the eclipse will be in penumbra. Totality begins at 8:06 p.m. EST. and ends at 8:31 PM EST and the partial eclipse ends at 10:45 PM. EST" To obtain the time and location for your area, use the Lunar Computer. It looks like the weather will cooperate and we will have clear skies for most of the country. Articles can be found at NASA, Space.com, Sky and Telescope, and Starry Skies."

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  1. I'm at the north pole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting on this solar eclipse to end. (not with the moon though... it seems that this pesky middle section of the earth is blocking my view... any way to remove it??)

    1. Re:I'm at the north pole by jx100 · · Score: 4, Funny

      You need an Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator for that.

  2. Re:Where's the... by Lars+T. · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are all still dead from the last eclipse.

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  3. Gosh, we're brave... by BallPeenHammer · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...courageously shielding the moon by blocking all them solar flares with our planet!

    Three cheers for Earth!

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  4. Re:Europe by gnu-generation-one · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Does anybody have the eclipse times for Europe ?"

    Start (16:30) EST, where Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours behind GMT. That makes 01.30 in England, which is using GMT at the moment. (update: USNO says 01:06 GMT for beginning of totality)

    My website says that hungary is in GMT+1, which would make it 02:06 start (for a couple of hours duration), unless you're still using daylight-savings time?

    Anyone further east than hungary will have to get up even later in the morning, unless you're a hacker, in which case you'll be able to see it while you're still working.

    All we need now is a power-cut forecast... does anybody here work in the east midlands switchgear department?

  5. Are we a bit self-centered maybe ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    we will have clear skies for most of the country

    Perhaps you should have gone all the way and type " The Country". How about next time you just go for "the US", hmm ?

  6. conspiracy by mraymer · · Score: 3, Funny
    Anyone notice how the day Matrix Reloaded hit theaters there was also a lunar eclipse? And now we have another one in time for Revolutions... It's a conspiracy, I tell you! The Matrix has you!

    But seriously... here's a nice animation of what we can expect tonight.

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  7. HAHAHAHA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't know what amuses me the most: you for posting this or 3 people for finding it "informative".

  8. Nice by bogie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to fly to a small 3rd world country and take over. Once I demonstrate that I can make the moon disappear I'm sure I'll be declared their new King.
    MUAHAHA

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  9. And then... by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Funny

    they proceeded to eat the dog.

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  10. Too bad it will be missed by all REAL hackers by Jouni · · Score: 3, Funny
    .. who will be too busy playing in the Nethack tournament, capitalizing on the +1 luck bonus tonight. :-)

    Cheers, Jouni

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