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Total Lunar Eclipse Set To Wow Star Gazers, Clear Skies Willing (reuters.com)
Astronomy buffs across the United States have been promised all the makings of a spectacular total lunar eclipse on Sunday except one -- clear skies. From a report: Star gazers from Los Angeles to New York will keep their eyes on the sky for the eclipse, known as a super blood wolf moon, expected to appear at 11:41 p.m. EST. Although it is a total eclipse, the moon will never go completely dark but rather take on a coppery red glow -- called a blood moon. It is also a full moon that is especially close to Earth, called a supermoon.
And since it appears in January, when wolves howled in hunger outside villages, it has earned the name wolf moon, according to The Farmers Almanac. But no matter how perfectly the stars align for this stellar event, the thrill or disappointment of the evening really depends on one thing: the weather.
And since it appears in January, when wolves howled in hunger outside villages, it has earned the name wolf moon, according to The Farmers Almanac. But no matter how perfectly the stars align for this stellar event, the thrill or disappointment of the evening really depends on one thing: the weather.
The light doesn't fade in, the camera exposure changes. I am imaging it now, and keep having to increase the exposure to see it. If I had it set the same way as the full moon, the picture would be black.
... and we got to see full totality for maybe 15 minutes before the fog started to significantly interfere. Now I can’t even tell where the moon is...
But it was still cool, regardless.
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For most of our lives the only full moon to be specially named in popular culture was the 'harvest moon' of September
Really? You never heard of a "Blue Moon"? Just because YOU never heard of the other moons doesn't mean nobody else has.
strawberry moon
hunters moon
The list goes on for every special moon if you bother to look. Also I'm guessing you never grew up around 4-H or FFA clubs. You likely would have heard of at least some of them if you had any meaningful relationship to agriculture.