Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

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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Re:Lunar Eclipse

[Anonymous Coward]

Seeing a full lunar eclipse on a cloudless night is truly beautiful. I saw one when I was doing my military service in the finnish army and we were out doing some night-orienteering. Of course they had to mess with us and schedule it during a full lunar eclipse. But the upside was the since were were god knows where out in the finnish forests there was absolutly no light pollution.

Ah, I can still remember when I saw that truly awsome amount of stars starting to appear as the moonlight waned away. I have never since come even close to feeling that there is so much more out there than just our little planet.

A full lunar eclipse on a cloudless night away from big cities is probably the closest most of us can come to spacetravel.

jarik