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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.
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 was January's full moon ever commonly called a wolf moon, or is this all just a relatively recent popularization to help fill the endless news cycle?
Waiting for it to start.
I live in western Washington State, you insensitiv... oh, wait, the sky is actually fairly clear right now. I can see the moon!
Never mind.
(But it does seem like fog may ultimately get in the way)
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Matter of fact its all dark
I wonder what the chances are of a lunar eclipse happening at some other time besides a full moon.
But it's not because of the weather per se, it stopped raining a couple days ago.
No, I have a nasty respiratory infection that has me coughing so much, my ribcage muscles are cramping under the load. If I start shivering -- even a little bit -- those muscles go into cramp mode. So I can't be outside, even a mere hour from now.
I've photographed the sequence before, and pretty much lost to clouds around the same time the redness fully set in. I've posted it, too. But I remember how cold I was then, and that was October weather rather than January.
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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.
That makes no sense whatsoever.
I canâ(TM)t see the eclipse the bay area is cloudy and rainy. How is this a coincidence?
Clear and cold perfect conditions. Now fifteen minutes to totality.
Look outside if you've not been already! (and if you can even see the moon of course...)
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I wouldn't call it red ... more like orange. A giant tangerine tossed into the firmament. A plump pomegranate parked in the Pleiades. A Clementine coasting amongst the constellations.
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Completely clear skies, a tad cold [46F], camera would not pick it up well, but worth the watch. The red part was cool too :)
Damn rights Wolfie
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Clear skies in Stockholm, at 6 in the morning. The weather report had warned of clouds but been wrong.
I walked outside to an open field in -12 degrees C cold and gazed upon the super-blood-wolf-moon in the West.
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ALWAYS a full moon at lunar eclipse
Photographed it at 6 AM CEST, at ~18 degrees above the Western horizon. Orange-red, with the upper (NE) limb still slightly yellow. Near-perfect viewing conditions: moderately frosty weather, clear sky, dry atmosphere (for AT conditions, that is), no wind to speak of.
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Well, it is 6 below zero (F), but the skies were perfectly clear for me. I was worried because the forecast for tonight has been saying "overcast" for days.
It wasn't nearly as impressive as the solar eclipse of 2017, but still pretty neat.
We've got snow cover here, so it is surprisingly bright with a full moon - enough light to read a book by, or drive without your headlights. As the penumbra moved in, I couldn't tell any difference looking at the moon, but I did notice that it was getting dark out. As the umbra moved in, it was plainly visible, and kinda screwy-looking. Many years ago, I got in the habit of reading partial phases of the moon as a pointer towards the present position of the sun, so it was odd that to me, the moon looked like it was pointing to a sun just under the northwest horizon.
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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.
I would have loved to photograph it but the temperature was a balmy -20C (-4F) last night and I'm not about to stand outside in that sort of temperature trying to keep my gear and myself from being killed by the laws of thermodynamics. Pity because the night was super clear and the air still because of the cold weather.
...sunrise and sunset reflecting off a distant object ...because actually, that's what it is.
But was January's full moon ever commonly called a wolf moon, or is this all just a relatively recent popularization to help fill the endless news cycle?
You could have gotten that question answered on google in less time than it took to type that post. No it is nothing recent.
Down here 60 is winter coat weather lol.
60F is not winter coat weather anywhere. I've gone swimming at the beach in temperatures colder than that. If someone really thinks they need a winter coat for 60F weather then they need to see a doctor. If it was 60F here tomorrow I'd be going out sans jacket.
In all seriousness though, I'm not a fan of the serious cold either. Last night it was -20C (-4F) where I live and that's cold enough that I wasn't about to go out and stand around in the cold to try to get a good photo. Pity because the sky conditions were great. I did try getting a photo from an open window but the heat from inside messed up the air too much to get good focus.
How many security cameras point straight up into the sky?
Lunar eclipses are nice, but they don't really pack of much of a Wow!, especially when compared with their solar counterparts. Additionally, since they are global phenomena, everybody is far more likely to witness several during their lifetime. Most people will witness a solar one only if they are lucky, or if they make a point (and have the necessary wherewithal) to witness one.
Especially if it's not from the eastern time zone.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
I have always likened the appearance to a well-worn copper coin.
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“Blue Moon” is an expression not tied to a calendar month.
Yes we are all aware of that.
Other than being a generali expression describing any rare event, it is applied to a second full moon in any month.
You seem to have missed the point. It is a special name for a full moon that occurs regularly. The fact that it isn't tied to a particular month on a calendar doesn't mean it doesn't happen regularly or that it doesn't have a special name or that it isn't well known in popular culture.
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The Wolf moon part is absolutely irrelevant since this is just a name given to the full moon in January. The same event in August would be called a Sturgeon Moon Eclipse and in November that would be a Beaver Moon Eclipse.
Also about 1/4 of all full moons can be classified as supermoons (3 or 4 per year) and supermoons are barely noticeable. Finally, there is Total Lunar Eclipses are also quite common (about 1 per year on average) and they are always visible from half of the world. So Supermoon Total Lunar eclipses are really not that rare. That is something that anyone can expect to see once every 10 years.
For instance, the next total lunar eclipses will be 26 May 2021 and it will also be a Supermoon or, if your care about the month names, a Total Flower Supermoon eclipse.