Eclipse Tonight
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The previously mentioned total Lunar Eclipse finally occurs tonight. Earth's dark shadow moves across the lunar surface starting at 7:43 PM Central Time. Along the East Coast, the Moon sits 30° high in the dark eastern sky by then. For those on the West Coast, the Moon rises minutes after the partial eclipse begins, just as the Sun sets. If you're on a hilltop with a clear view of both the western and eastern horizons, you might get a unique opportunity to briefly see both the Sun and eclipsed Moon. Earth's shadow takes 78 minutes to envelop the Moon completely. Once totality starts, at 9:01 PM Central Time, our companion takes on a reddish-orange color. Totality lasts 51 minutes, ending at 9:52 PM (again, Central Time). The Moon then leaves our shadow over the following 78 minutes.
There's a slight chance that I may not get pictures of this awesome event, so if any of you, absolutely any of you, are able to see it and can get pictures of it, please PM them to me.
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