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Tonight's Dazzling 'Supermoon' Lunar Eclipse: What You'll See

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-a-look dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon". Whether you think it marks the beginning of the apocalypse or is just a neat thing to look at tonight, Live Science has some tips and a timetable for best viewing in your area. The moon enters Earth's full shadow, called the umbra, starting at 9:07 p.m. EDT (6:07 p.m. PDT). The total eclipse begins at 10:11 p.m. EDT (7:11 p.m. PDT). Totality lasts an hour and 12 minutes, at which point a bright sliver of the moon will emerge and grow.

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  1. Odd things have happened during one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The 8th "Biblical Tetrad" occurs in 2014-2015 and there will not be another "Biblical Tetrad" for almost 600 years. We are in the time of this tetrad now.

    This is part of a "tetrad" (iirc, 4-in-a-row of them in the same relative timeframe) of them - those are the ones "weird things" have been known to happen on them.

    For jews & christians in particular, some weird things have happened coinciding with these lunar events.

    Jesus death & resurrection
    Jews return to Zion/Israel declared a nation
    Great Plague of Europe
    Millions of Jews + Christians martyred

    As far as my subject? There's more data here:

    http://www.jesusonmymind.com/s...

    Lastly/IRONIC: My "captcha" = MOONED!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do I *believe* this is "the end of the world" as the article summary states some will believe (or rather the beginning of the end)? I don't really know WHAT to believe in anymore there's so much bullshit false propoganda or circumstantial evidence coincidences - but, I'll tell you what I believe after we go through this & time after (only way to be certain's to see for yourself)... apk