Lunar Eclipse

[celticdog]

Lunar Eclipse

There are rare occasions as the Moon revolves around the Earth and the Earth revolves around the Sun that an alignment will occur. Sometimes these rare alignments produce solar eclipses, while other times they produce lunar eclipses. On the night of May 15-16th (Thursday) we will have the pleasure of viewing a total lunar eclipse. On this night, the full moon will pass directly through the northern part of the Earth's shadow. Due to the fact that the Earth's atmosphere bends the light from the Sun, the moon will appear a reddish orange as it is hit with this refracted light. The moon will be in total eclipse for approximately 50 minutes.

For those on the east coast of the United States: the partial eclipse will begin at 10:03pm, while the total eclipse will begin at 11:14pm. Total eclipse will end at about 12:06am and the partial eclipse will end at 1:17am. (All times are eastern standard time)

Unfortunately i don't have times for elsewhere around the globe. Please check your local news sources or Astonomy.com for additional information.

So, get out there and enjoy.

May you have good viewing and clear skies

 

[EmeraldDolphin]

I was looking forward to it, but the weather forecast in our area says rain... so I probably won't get to see it afterall with the overcast & rainy skies...

 

[celticdog]

Cheer up, if you miss this one, there will be another chance on November 8, 2003. However, it may just be a little bit colder.

 

[AliciaLuvzDizne]

cool! but im in CT too so i guess its gonna rain?
blah

hey I wanna see a Solar Eclipse... There was one on ER the other night and it looked really creepy!
lol
i know i know...TV show, but ive seen lunar eclipses
never a solar one
when do those come around?

 

[Maria]

Originally posted by celticdog
Cheer up, if you miss this one, there will be another chance on November 8, 2003. However, it may just be a little bit colder.

Thank you sooooo much for this information! I´ll be waiting for it on Wednesday! (Although I will be at a baby shower party at that same time! gggrrrrr).
The next one is on my birthday so it will be easy to remember! Thanks!!

 

[tenchu]

I was thinking of taking a drive north for it, but a combination of an exam that day, no-one to go with, and my car being out of action has kind of stopped those plans.

:lol:

 

[EmeraldDolphin]

Originally posted by celticdog
Cheer up, if you miss this one, there will be another chance on November 8, 2003. However, it may just be a little bit colder.

If it's a clear night, I'll have to sit in the hot-tub, and be nice and warm while I watch it!

 

[Maria]

OMG! I was ready to post that I sat outside and warned everybody at the reunion I was about the eclipse, and nothing happened, when I decided to read again the first post and realized it´s for THURSDAY! Duh me!:hammer: and what a relief! :lol:
I´ll be sitting outside in the balcony tomorrow.... hehe... I hope the skies are as clear as they were tonight! :animwink:

 

[ArchiDanDisney]

hmm....reddish orange,...we have those all the time in the summer in Detroit....I think it has something to do with the pollution...

 

[Maria]

Originally posted by ArchiDanDisney
hmm....reddish orange,...we have those all the time in the summer in Detroit....I think it has something to do with the pollution...

It was kinda red at the beginning, so I thought it was going to happen, but my mom kept telling me that the full moon is actually tonight. I should´ve listened to her... hehe
We get the reddish color in the summer too, but because of the fires around us due to the extremely hot and dry weather lately.

 

[Maria]

I´m keeping an eye on it now. The skies are sooooo clear here! yeay! The moon is almost in half now!

 

[Coronado]

Too many clouds here to see.... BOO!...

 

[Irrawaddy Erik]

3/4 the way ooooohhh i love lunar eclipses

 

[Maria]

Almost gone! It´s amazing!

 

[DisneyCP2000]

Originally posted by Coronado
Too many clouds here to see.... BOO!...

Same here

 

[Maria]

The moon has a black/grey veil over it. It looks cool because you can still see it through it. In a few minutes, it will be totally dark and then it will start coming out again.

 

[JonnyK]

Click To See A Recent Photo of it

 

[darthdarrel]

Wish I could see it,it`s too cloudy and is raining something feirce!

 

[Maria]

Here are two pics I took about one hour ago... my camera doesn´t have a good zoom so... *shrugs*. If someone took a good picture of it, please post it! Right now, it is starting to come out and it looks reddish, VERY cool!

 

[Maria]

hehe... doesn´t look clear at all! :lol: But here is another one!