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Omaha Steve

(99,795 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2015, 07:01 AM Apr 2015

Total lunar eclipse going on outside your window RIGHT NOW!

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The moon is engulfed in the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse on Oct. 27, 2004, as viewed from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/don-t-hit-snooze-saturday-if-you-want-to-see/article_46361c55-c54c-5437-8f0e-21bb81f9d0de.html

POSTED: FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 1:00 AM
By Jay Withrow / World-Herald staff writer

Nebraska and Iowa, along with most of North America, should get a good view of a total lunar eclipse Saturday morning, weather permitting.

The eclipse should begin about 5 a.m. CDT, with the maximum eclipse about 7 a.m. Sunrise will be about 7:15 a.m.

The total eclipse of the full moon will last less than five minutes.

Saturday morning’s eclipse is the third in a tetrad — four consecutive total lunar eclipses in 2014 and 2015. The other eclipses in the tetrad: April 15, 2014; Oct. 8, 2014; and Sept. 28, 2015.

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Total lunar eclipse going on outside your window RIGHT NOW! (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

Saw some of it. The moon is setting here (Sarasota) before total eclipse. BlueJazz Apr 2015 #1

Looking desperately, but it's 1 p.m. here. No trace of Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #2

I saw the moon earlier F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #3

happy eclipse. My sky decided to clear, a rarity during astronomical events, and I got to uppityperson Apr 2015 #4

Lucky you! It was cloudy here. mnhtnbb Apr 2015 #6

Blue_in_AK got some shots and says she'll post later in Photog group. mnhtnbb Apr 2015 #5

I just watched it set ... kentuck Apr 2015 #7

Absolutely spectacular! MindPilot Apr 2015 #8

No George Beerlover Apr 2015 #9

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

1. Saw some of it. The moon is setting here (Sarasota) before total eclipse.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 07:04 AM

Apr 2015

Still...always a fun thing.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

2. Looking desperately, but it's 1 p.m. here. No trace of

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 07:04 AM

Apr 2015

'la lune', I'm afraid. Plus, it's really overcast.

OS!

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

3. I saw the moon earlier

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 07:06 AM

Apr 2015

but then Seattle decided to be Seattle, and you can guess what happened

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)

4. happy eclipse. My sky decided to clear, a rarity during astronomical events, and I got to

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:06 AM

Apr 2015

see the red moon through the trees.

mnhtnbb

(31,409 posts)

6. Lucky you! It was cloudy here.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:34 AM

Apr 2015

mnhtnbb

(31,409 posts)

5. Blue_in_AK got some shots and says she'll post later in Photog group.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:33 AM

Apr 2015

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

7. I just watched it set ...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:37 AM

Apr 2015

...behind Pikes Peak. I watched it from about 4:15 to about 6:00. It disappeared behind the mountains just as the sun was coming up. The last view was almost a total eclipse, with just enough light to look like a polar ice cap... Amazing!

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)

8. Absolutely spectacular!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:48 AM

Apr 2015

Crystal clear sky this morning, Totality occurred about 5 am. Right now it's coming back with an downward pointing crescent.

What a night...got to see ISS pass directly overhead for about two minutes last night, and then the eclipse this morning.

George Beerlover

(23 posts)

9. No

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 09:02 AM

Apr 2015

There is a Rule that I have learned about total eclipses: Wherever I am, and whatever time of day or night they occur, I shall not be permitted to see them, because---whatever the forecast!---my location WILL be clouded over at the time of the event! Please understand what I am saying: I have seen cloud formations struggling to accumulate suffiency to block my view! I can almost HEAR the grinding of the weather gods' gears as they rush to prevent me from witnessing the glorious spectacle! They are up there somewhere, laughing at me! I'm telling you, my friend, it makes me question my agnosticism!

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