Lunar eclipse

limey · 03-03-2007, 06:17 PM

Didja see it?

Cyclefrance · 03-03-2007, 07:29 PM

Just caught it - we came out of the cinema at about 11.45 pm and it was a full eclipse then. Got home and treated our dog to a late night walk and we were able to see it work its way across and virtually clear the moon by the time we finished one hour later.

Pure luck we saw it as had not caught previous info about it.

At full eclipse it looked ghostly and almost as if a ball was hanging in the sky quite close by. Made me think how in primitive times it would be a sign of the gods being angry with a human sacrifice the only way to appease them. Aaah, those were the days!

glatt · 03-03-2007, 07:38 PM

barely saw it. Pretty overcast here. Watched for it out my open bedroom window while lying on my bed with my two kids. We spent about an hour waiting for the clouds to break. Saw it several times during that hour, but never clearly.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-03-2007, 07:41 PM

Here in the eastern US, the Moon will rise in full eclipse. I won't see it because I live in a hole.

bluecuracao · 03-03-2007, 10:39 PM

What time did it end? I looked at about 9PM, and it was over.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-03-2007, 10:46 PM

Don't know, I just read it would come up full eclipse but no time for moonrise?

limey · 03-04-2007, 02:49 AM

Dont' know the times in your parts of the world - all I had to do was simply sit in the "den" and glance up through the skylight window to check the progress of the eclipse. I saw all the stages from the shadow creeping up over the moon from below to the bright edge of returning full moonlight ... lovely!

glatt · 03-04-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

What time did it end? I looked at about 9PM, and it was over.

You pretty much just missed it then.

This was the view from Arlington VA at around 7:30. Damn clouds.

simian · 03-04-2007, 08:56 AM

So it did happen in VA! Thanks for the pix. So hard to see it here in the daylight.

Thats what I get for moving to AZ from Alex. VA last year. (Still a good move.)

Larry · 03-04-2007, 02:13 PM

Gah, I only heard about this today. I'm away from the Internet for two days, and look what happens.

wolf · 03-04-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

Didja see it?

Yeah.

Kingswood · 03-04-2007, 04:45 PM

I haven't seen a total lunar eclipse since 2000 because it's been that long since any have been visible from eastern Australia. The lunar eclipse due in August will be visible from here. It will be the first one for seven years! Let's hope the weather is clear on that night.

Aliantha · 03-04-2007, 05:16 PM

Just drive to Qld. It's bound to be clear! Or maybe that'll be the one night of the decade that clouds will gather.

Kingswood · 03-04-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Just drive to Qld. It's bound to be clear! Or maybe that'll be the one night of the decade that clouds will gather.

No, I don't want to bring the clouds with me. I swear, I must be cursed. If I want the sky to be clear, it is likely than not that the clouds will sneak up on me. Total eclipse of the sun, annular eclipse of the sun, several partial eclipse of the sun, comet smashing into Jupiter, comet visible in daylight, numerous lunar eclipses - I have been clouded out for all of them.

I have seen some of the eclipses I wanted to see, but many times the clouds thwart my plans.

lumberjim · 03-04-2007, 06:10 PM

03-03-2007, 06:17 PM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Lunar eclipse Didja see it? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-03-2007, 07:29 PM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Just caught it - we came out of the cinema at about 11.45 pm and it was a full eclipse then. Got home and treated our dog to a late night walk and we were able to see it work its way across and virtually clear the moon by the time we finished one hour later. Pure luck we saw it as had not caught previous info about it. At full eclipse it looked ghostly and almost as if a ball was hanging in the sky quite close by. Made me think how in primitive times it would be a sign of the gods being angry with a human sacrifice the only way to appease them. Aaah, those were the days! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

03-03-2007, 07:41 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Here in the eastern US, the Moon will rise in full eclipse. I won't see it because I live in a hole. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-03-2007, 10:46 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't know, I just read it would come up full eclipse but no time for moonrise? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-04-2007, 02:49 AM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Dont' know the times in your parts of the world - all I had to do was simply sit in the "den" and glance up through the skylight window to check the progress of the eclipse. I saw all the stages from the shadow creeping up over the moon from below to the bright edge of returning full moonlight ... lovely! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-03-2007, 07:38 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	barely saw it. Pretty overcast here. Watched for it out my open bedroom window while lying on my bed with my two kids. We spent about an hour waiting for the clouds to break. Saw it several times during that hour, but never clearly.

03-03-2007, 10:39 PM	#5
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	What time did it end? I looked at about 9PM, and it was over.

03-04-2007, 08:56 AM	#9
simian -... ..- ... .... .. ... ... - ..- -..- .. -.. Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 19	So it did happen in VA! Thanks for the pix. So hard to see it here in the daylight. Thats what I get for moving to AZ from Alex. VA last year. (Still a good move.)

03-04-2007, 02:13 PM	#10
Larry Practically God Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22	Gah, I only heard about this today. I'm away from the Internet for two days, and look what happens.

03-04-2007, 04:45 PM	#12
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	I haven't seen a total lunar eclipse since 2000 because it's been that long since any have been visible from eastern Australia. The lunar eclipse due in August will be visible from here. It will be the first one for seven years! Let's hope the weather is clear on that night.

03-04-2007, 05:16 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Just drive to Qld. It's bound to be clear! Or maybe that'll be the one night of the decade that clouds will gather. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-04-2007, 06:10 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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