Blood moon eclipse on April 15

[John Connor]

A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon line up so the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, darkening it.
The one on April 15 will begin at 1:20 a.m. on the East Coast, according to Sky and Telescope magazine.


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This eclipse also features an extra astronomical quirk. Mars will appear "as a fiery red 'star' next to the moon. Together red Mars and the red shadow on the moon's face should be a spectacular sight and an incredible photo opportunity," said Byrd.
The only downside to this month's lunar eclipse is that it comes very late at night for most of America.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/03/lunar-eclipse-april-15-blood-moon/7210901/

This is when Yellowstone will finally go up! I kid, I kid.

 

[mrrman]

should be cool to see

 

[Arcadio]

Great. Gotta get the telescope ready. I'm so disappointed I missed the December 2012 Lunar Eclipse. There's no way I'm missing this one, unless it's cloudy.

 

[Scotteq]

Told my boss I'm likely to be out the 16th...

 

[sportage]

Is everybody ready for the opening of the sixth seal?
Party time!

 

[FelixDeCat]

Is everybody ready for the opening of the sixth seal?
Party time!

Where have you been? We are on the 1E+32nd seal.

 

[Drako]

Posting in this thread, with respect to Red Squirrel's closed thread, which had ECLIPSE in the thread title.

 

[Drako]

Moon rising hereon the west coast.

 

[JujuFish]

Since when is a total lunar eclipse called a blood moon?

 

[Drako]

Since it's reddish?

 

[Sixguns]

Im glad I am working tonight. I will have a great view of the moon. Not a single cloud in the sky and it looks huge tonight.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Snow storm here, missing it. I'm guessing it's happening now?

And why is it that whenever I post something that happens to have already been posted at some point it gets locked, but in this case it's my own (first) thread that got locked?

 

[dighn]

cloud y

 

[FelixDeCat]

I didnt see no stinkn' eclipse in DFW. :|

 

[Lifted]

Did I miss it? In NYC and I see a big white moon. No red.

 

[Printer Bandit]

white moon here in CA

 

[tcG]

Central time zone... and... IT'S HAPPENING!

I recommend viewing with binoculars if you don't have a telescope.

 

[Pocatello]

Just a white moon being slowly eaten by some mystical being from where I am at. It does look amazing though.

 

[Miramonti]

A 30% black bite at 8pm taken out of the moon here in breaking bad land.

Maybe we're supposed to be on the moon to see red.

 

[JujuFish]

Since it's reddish?

"It's reddish" is not a time. The point of my post was that total lunar eclipses aren't blood moons. A blood moon is the first full moon after a harvest moon. After some searching, it seems people are calling total lunar eclipses blood moons because of some televangelist claiming it's some sort of prophecy despite them happening all the time.

 

[JujuFish]

For all those confused, it's not supposed to reach total eclipse status until just after 3AM eastern.

 

[Miramonti]

For all those confused, it's not supposed to reach total eclipse status until just after 3AM eastern.

This is what 'confusion' looks like.

 

[indamixx99]

Live from griffith observatory:
http://new.livestream.com/GriffithObservatoryTV/LunarEclipse

 

[Pocatello]

The end is nigh!

 

[dethman]

Waiting for redness...