Total Lunar Eclipse 2018_01_31 in the morning for North America - too late

[Skunk-Works]

I heard it won't happen again until like 2037.

 

[lxskllr]

Forgot all about this, but I did notice the moon was especially big today, and the draftsman said there was a lot of owl activity at his house. He said his chickens were especially quiet also. Probably a lot of interesting little dramas going on if people cared to notice.

 

[Skunk-Works]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOcuvwAqojc

Best damn Batman EVER! The others sadly suck.

 

[Muse]

I heard it won't happen again until like 2037.

In the paper it said in 150 years. Maybe that's in our neck of the woods? (SF Bay Area)

 

[Red Squirrel]

They always say it won't happen for [insert big number of years here] but it seems to happen every couple years.

 

[sdifox]

They always say it won't happen for [insert big number of years here] but it seems to happen every couple years.

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[Muse]

They always say it won't happen for [insert big number of years here] but it seems to happen every couple years.

They can figure those things out exactly, no uncertainty involved. They do this with the laws of physics, data taken from precise instruments and computer power. They know exactly if how and when these events will happen.

Total eclipses of the moon are common, blue moons happen around every 7 months, IIRC, super moons I don't have the percentages, but this is confluence of all three. That doesn't happen often. Was it spectacular? Hardly. To the observer it was just another TEOTM, but it was a little bigger (subtended a bigger angle). It was no biggie. I happened to wake up and take out the trash and I was aware it might be happening. Moment I stepped outside I noticed that it was quite dark out and realized the full moon was largely eclipsed (as I dumped my trash in the barrel), then saw that it was total, though off center. I think it was past its peak where I was. I had no idea what the time parameters were for this and still don't, just that it was not far from dawn.

 

[Elixer]

They got a good video on https://www.space.com/39557-next-blood-moon-eclipses-2018-2019.html

 

[Skunk-Works]

Maybe what they are referring to about not seen in another 150 years is that it will be a super blue moon when it happens then. I'm sure in 2037 or sooner there will be other lunar eclipses.

 

[Muse]

Maybe what they are referring to about not seen in another 150 years is that it will be a super blue moon when it happens then. I'm sure in 2037 or sooner there will be other lunar eclipses.

Oh for sure. Lots of lunar eclipses but rarely teamed with a super blue moon.

 

[lxskllr]

They can figure those things out exactly, no uncertainty involved. They do this with the laws of physics, data taken from precise instruments and computer power. They know exactly if how and when these events will happen.

Shens. It's clearly the handiwork of capricious gods.