Next Celestial Event: Total Eclipse of the Moon, Sunday/Monday 1/20-21

Cdn_Gringo

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Thought I'd give this a little bump. Thx cobraboy for the heads up.

So far it looks to be a great night to watch. This will be our last chance to see a total lunar eclipse for the next five years.

Duration: 5 hours, 11 minutes, 33 seconds
Duration of totality: 1 hour, 1 minute, 58 seconds

Penumbral begins: Jan 20 at 10:36:29 pm
Partial begins: Jan 20 at 11:33:54 pm
Full begins: Jan 21 at 12:41:17 am
Maximum: Jan 21 at 1:12:14 am
Full ends: Jan 21 at 1:43:15 am
Partial ends: Jan 21 at 2:50:39 am
Penumbral ends: Jan 21 at 3:48:02 am

Times shown in local time (AST)
 

cobraboy

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The lunar eclipse last night was simply spectacular, and well worth staying up late to observe!
 

melphis

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Apr 18, 2013
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We watched the blood moon on the 21st on the beach. It was absolutely beautiful. Watching a red moon rise out of the water is pretty amazing. Didn't stay up for the eclipse