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Total Lunar Eclipse This Week

Posted by timothy on from the noooo-don't-look-at-the-mooooon dept.

dacarr writes "Space.com has informed us that a lunar eclipse will happen on Wednesday evening, 2004-Oct-27. Baseball fans will note that this is the first time a lunar eclipse will have happened during the course of the World Series."

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  1. A better link... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a link to a better article on Space.com with a viewer's guide and timing for each stage of the eclipse (with local timezone info). Good for those of you who care about the eclipse but could give a rat's ass about baseball.

  2. Great baseball tie in by tod_miller · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But don't forget it will be the first time it will have, had, erm, have, had, happened on that wednesday evening as well.

    And also the first time since I brushed my teeth this morning. [Anyone interested can cmoe and examine my toothbrush to find correlations between the two events]

    Does Baseball have anything to do with lunar/planetary/solar alignment?

    Or are you just mad on baseball? I am not even from the US of Baseball, so lets call it Cricket and have oranges at half time.

    Thank you please.

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  3. Re:Explanation by Tersevs · · Score: 4, Funny

    >Furthermore, it will be observable only in
    >some parts of Earth.

    Isnt the moon viewable from rougly 50% of the earth surface? That, combined with the spin of the earth during the eclipse, would make any lunar eclipse visible from more than 50% of the surface of the earth.

    I wouldnt like to be on earth if la Luna is actually eclipsed by another heavenly body.
    But I sleep well at night knowing that Bruce Willis would blow the object into pieces long before it would be a threat.

  4. oh no... by Darth_Burrito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Baseball fans will note that this is the first time a lunar eclipse will have happened during the course of the World Series."

    Ah crap, this is going to open up a whole new set of meaningless statistics. I can just see the announcers now.

    Well Bob, this should be an interesting match up because Ramirez has never given up a hit in post season play on Tuesday night games against left handed batters during a lunar eclipse.