West Coast reminder: Lunar eclipse visible tonight

[The Straight Story]

Lunar eclipse visible tonight

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Night owls and Bonnie Tyler fans will see a total eclipse of the moon tonight if the sky of San Francisco can stay clear.

The moon will just after 7:30 p.m. tonight but will not start passing through the weakest part of Earth’s shadow, or penumbra, until 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.

At that point, the moon will begin turning reddish or orange caused by sunlight moving through Earth’s atmosphere.

The moon will be entirely consumed by the shadow at 2:52, and the total eclipse is set to last until 4:22 a.m., or 1.5 hours, when it starts moving out of the Earth’s strongest shadow, or umbra.

http://www.examiner.com/a-902044~Lunar_eclipse_visible_tonight.html

[WillyT]

1. Thanks For The Reminder !!!

:yourock:

[Richard D]

2. Struggling to stay awake

Struggling to stay awake.

[KT2000]

3. Thank you so much

Have been looking in the Seattle papers online and could not find a thing.
Appreciate the post!

[Up2Late]

4. Is this right now or tomorrow night?

I heard about this but missed the time.:shrug:

[renate]

5. it's tonight

Starting at 4:51 EDT -- mid-eclipse at 6:37 EDT.

If you live up to your name, Up2Late, and are in the Pacific time zone, you'll still be up when it begins in half an hour; mid-eclipse is 3:37, and it doesn't end until 4.:22.

[Up2Late]

13. Oh well, I had light overcast skys...

...but I've seen (and Photographed) several Lunar eclipses over the years.

[bananas]

6. It's going on right now!

The partial eclipse has started - it becomes total about 80 minutes from now,
and it stays total for about 90 minutes.

[Beerboy]

7. Thanks for the reminder,

less than an hour here in Minnesota, if the thunderstorm breaks up.

[Beerboy]

8. Thanks for the reminder,

about an hour 'til we can see it here in Minnesota, if the thunderstorm over Minneapolis breaks up!

[RL3AO]

9. Starts in 4 minutes.

Of course, thunderstorms developed here within the past hour, so we won't get a drop of rain but the clouds will block the moon. :(

[The Straight Story]

10. Arrrgh! My Camera is in the bedroom

And I don't want the wife to wake up by going in to get it.

Figures :)

Starting here now, slow but sure.

[Jeanette in FL]

11. Have a great view here in North Florida

Sure is an awesome sight. Glad it is so clear here this early morning.

[The Straight Story]

12. Got lucky here in CA too, the fires are not blocking the view

First one I have seen since I was a young teen, and my old ass is 41 now :)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. It was visible in Detroit

No clouds, mosquitos were still asleep, nice viewing conditions. Shadow was complete around 4:50edt.