Lunar Eclipse January 20-21 2019

[cubinator]

The Moon will begin passing through Earth's shadow in a bit under 1 day as of the time of writing this. Those of us in the Americas and some of Africa and Europe will be able to experience it, weather permitting. The total phase of the eclipse will last over an hour, which is cool. Anyway, here is a place to share in this event, wherever you are in the world.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2019-january-21

[Green Baron]

Thanks !

I will probably be able to see a bit in the Canaries ... those in the Americas are more fortunate.

"Oh, bloody favouritism !" :-)

 

Edited January 20, 2019 by Green Baron

[YNM]

Enjoy it, folks

[James Kerman]

Photos or it didn't happen.

[cubinator]

5 hours ago, James Kerman said:

Photos or it didn't happen.

I'll have to tape a handwarmer to my phone...but I'm thinking of taking a timelapse.

[Just Jim]

I'm in a perfect spot, but it's been partial clouds all day... Still, fingers crossed.

[tater]

Hopefully the weather is clear, it's been strangely cloudy here for a while, even between snows.

[XB-70A]

10 minutes ago, Just Jim said:

I'm in a perfect spot, but it's been partial clouds all day... Still, fingers crossed.

If you are still in FL, the sky should be pretty clear tonight:

[Just Jim]

40 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

If you are still in FL, the sky should be pretty clear tonight:

Yup... I'm north of Tampa, closer to Spring Hill on that map. The forecast is for it clear up and get colder... which is fine. I'll try and get pictures if I can.

[Delay]

5 hours ago, Just Jim said:

I'm in a perfect spot, but it's been partial clouds all day...

Come to Germany. It has been fantastic, absolutely clear weather over here for the last 3 days.

I'm sure I'll get to see some of the eclipse here. I'll take some photos with my camera.
I just held it in my hands for the very first time, so don't expect any masterpieces.

[Just Jim]

2 hours ago, Delay said:

Come to Germany. It has been fantastic, absolutely clear weather over here for the last 3 days.
 

I wish I could! I was stationed there in the early 80's... It would be awesome to come back and visit!

Back on topic... Unfortunately it's still really cloudy here... not looking too good, I'm afraid, but there's still a couple hours to go

[cubinator]

Right now it is perfectly clear and officially Frickin Cold. 

[StrandedonEarth]

The weather here is promising, but it may just be teasing...

[cubinator]

Also today happens to be Buzz Aldrin's birthday, who's been there!

[ProtoJeb21]

The aftermath of Winter Storm Harper has made it hard to predict whether or not it’ll clear up in time for the eclipse, but as of now, it seems like it is clearing and will stay (mostly) clear. I wonder how the moisture in the atmosphere will impact how red the moon gets from my vantage point, since low moisture and high levels of dust are known to make it darker red. 

[Just Jim]

Rats, looks like we're not gonna see it here... still way too cloudy. And it's really, really cold for Florida.  

[LordFerret]

Cold (20F) and windy, mostly clear skies.  30 minutes to prenumbral.  I'll take a peek.

[Gargamel]

it's a complete blizzard right here, couple feet coming down, but oddly, i can frequently see the moon...  I'll have to go check through out the night

 

[cubinator]

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[Green Baron]

half an hour to go, iam set up. cs here !

[cubinator]

My phone got a little too chilly, I've put it inside with a hand warmer on top of it for now.  1˚F will do that. If it gets better in a little while I'll try to take some pics of totality.

[Bill Phil]

Clear sky for the eclipse. Heck yeah.

[XB-70A]

I'm not going to lie... but it was the first occasion for me to observe a total lunar eclipse. I don't have words to describes the emotions, but I took some shots of it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cubinator]

I have something for occasions such as this:

 

[cubinator]

Here comes the sun again!