Lunar eclipse folks, sound off

[vger]

Time to party! OK, not really. But...

Yeah, sitting up late, waiting for the moon to start turning red. Hopefully the inclement weather heading for the northeast stays away long enough. Got some thin stratus clouds overhead right now, but the moon is still perfectly visible through them.

Who else is waiting up? Folks in the western times zones have this one easy.

Edited April 15, 2014 by vger

[FenrirWolf]

Pacific northwest here, the only thing I have to worry about is if the clouds don't cooperate!

[Kilmeister]

I don't think I'll see it as red (Florida), but It is a clear sky.. About 1/4 in shadow now.

[SpacemanSpiffy]

I'm in the San Diego area, in my back yard with my trusty (if dinky) 2.5" scope, perfect viewing conditions too. The moon is about 50% obscured at this point and its noticably darker already compared to the full moon's illumination just 30 minutes ago.

Time to bring on the blood!

EDIT: I can see the western limb already taking on a red hue through my scope, it wont be long now.

Edited April 15, 2014 by SpacemanSpiffy
Bloooooood

[DerpenWolf]

Midwest here, bored and waiting

[JedTech]

On vacation in Santa Cruz California. The beach faces South here, perfect for viewing the moon over the ocean.

[JedTech]

Update from Santa Cruz: fog settled in and I can no longer see the moon. But the fog over the ocean is very red. Good night all!

[problemecium]

I stayed up but it's cloudy :C

[SpacemanSpiffy]

Got distracted by Saturn, seeing is good tonight and I think I can make out Titan!

Anyways, moon is a nice ruddy red now... kind of looks Mars in a way... or is it Duna?

[XIRA]

I live in the netherlands so its impossible for me too see. i hope there will be one in the next few years that will be visible from europe

[Kilmeister]

Clear skies here, and nice red moon... I don't own a camera, and my phone camera just shows a blob.

[vger]

Update from Santa Cruz: fog settled in and I can no longer see the moon.

The rain came in by 2AM. This region's weather almost never fails to obscure celestial events.

[Tex]

I am soooooo disappointed...

I couldn't simply stay awake, I'm afraid, as I'm still a high schooler under the roof of caring parents, so I had to miss out on it. The thing that makes me really sad is that the skies were utterly cloudless. Maybe next time...

[Accelerando]

Saw it before fog came in. The skies were dark red. Beautifulness!

[TheDataMiner]

Saw it in Phoenix, Arizona. Pretty cool

[Guest]

Watched the moon turn into a sliver and get a bit of red before the cloud cover came in. I needed to go to bed anyway; there are three others to see here in the next, what, 17 months?

[rasheed]

Didn't had the chance. Was happening at 3:46 am in the morning at my place. so yea

[Omicron314]

The weather cooperated until midnight here. Then it didn't. I am sad.

[vger]

Well, I can't complain too much now. That rain brought with it a pretty impressive cold front, and... it's snowing now. Not exactly cool space stuff, but this late in the season, wow, this is even more rare than an eclipse.