Starting Soon: A Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (cnn.com) 18
"If your family's Fourth of July fireworks plans are up in smoke because of the pandemic, watch the sky for a lunar eclipse instead," reports CNN.
It begins in just 5 minutes -- and then lasts for two hours and 45 minutes: On July 4, just after 11 p.m. ET, the moon will begin its temporary new look. For exactly two hours and 45 minutes, the moon will pass through the feathered outer shadow cast from Earth, creating a partial penumbral lunar eclipse.
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the faint penumbra shadow cast by Earth. The moon misses the Earth's umbral shadow, which is best known for creating total and partial lunar eclipses. This event might not be as illustrious as a partial or total lunar eclipse where parts of the moon seem to disappear. Still, a noticeable darkening of the moon's surface will be visible without a telescope.
The eclipse will begin at 11:07 p.m. ET and last through 1:52 a.m. ET, with peak darkening occurring just after midnight.
The article also notes that every night this summer will see "a great meeting of planets, known by astronomers as a conjunction... Expect a brighter than usual illumination of the planets as they take center stage across the horizon."
While Jupiter will be 15 times brighter than Saturn, they'll both be approaching their closest approach to Earth in 20 years — which finally happens in mid-July.
It begins in just 5 minutes -- and then lasts for two hours and 45 minutes: On July 4, just after 11 p.m. ET, the moon will begin its temporary new look. For exactly two hours and 45 minutes, the moon will pass through the feathered outer shadow cast from Earth, creating a partial penumbral lunar eclipse.
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the faint penumbra shadow cast by Earth. The moon misses the Earth's umbral shadow, which is best known for creating total and partial lunar eclipses. This event might not be as illustrious as a partial or total lunar eclipse where parts of the moon seem to disappear. Still, a noticeable darkening of the moon's surface will be visible without a telescope.
The eclipse will begin at 11:07 p.m. ET and last through 1:52 a.m. ET, with peak darkening occurring just after midnight.
The article also notes that every night this summer will see "a great meeting of planets, known by astronomers as a conjunction... Expect a brighter than usual illumination of the planets as they take center stage across the horizon."
While Jupiter will be 15 times brighter than Saturn, they'll both be approaching their closest approach to Earth in 20 years — which finally happens in mid-July.
Too stupid (Score:1)
You are
Re: DESTROY HOMOSEXUALS (Score:2)
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It's hot as balls outside in the north east.
Yeah, and the mosquitoes are out too.
Maybe next time (Score:2)
Joking? (Score:2)
> On July 4, just after 11 p.m. ET, the moon will begin its temporary new look. For exactly two hours and 45 minutes
I read your message at 11:50 pm ET. Meaning there is another two hours before it is over.
I did time zones backwards (Score:3)
I subtracted instead of added to convert time zones. Oops.
Missed it by that much! (Score:2)
Basically my reaction after checking with https://www.timeanddate.com/ec... [timeanddate.com] which allows you to input your location and find out if the eclipse is visible there.
Hmm... It could be combined with a local weather forecast website? Looks likely that clouds would have interfered anyway, even if the location had been luckier.
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A diff round orange thing making news (Score:3)
for a change
Missed It (Score:1)
Couldn't see the moon... (Score:2)
Predictably short notice on Slashdot (Score:2)
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This has always annoyed the heck out of me about news coverage of celestial events - typically they run it the calendar day of the event even if said event is in the early morning of that day, i.e. after the event has already occurred. At best it is giving people mere hours of notice.
On the other hand, a penumbral eclipse is such an underwhelming event that even I, an avid amateur astronomer, would (and did) take a pass on it. To a casual observer there is nothing that they can see.