Partial Lunar Eclipse June 26 In North America

[ghostrunner01]

I'm going to get up and watch it with my telescope.


11:57 PM: Moon enters penumbra.


1:17 AM: Moon enters umbra.


2:38 AM: Moon has maximum coverage of roughly 50%.

Those times are in Central Daylight Time.

You are lucky if you live in the middle of the pacific ocean.

More Info here: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2010_lunar_eclipse"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2010_lunar_eclipse[/ame]

 

[Izack]

Gosh darn it, NB is right outside the proper area.

 

[statickid]

blast! why does it have to be over the pacific ocean! oh well, i guess there are alot of pacific islanders that get the best show. i guess at moonset isn't bad, hopfully it won't be behind a hill where i am!

btw- lunar eclipse is visible for whole hemisphere, so instead of saying N. America, you could say something like over the pacific hemisphere LOL :lol:

 

[Izack]

Gah, the Moon just dropped below the horizon here. :beathead:

On a side note, it was a beautiful red colour tonight, nearly full and set huge against the horizon around dusk.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Well I saw it coming up through thin clouds, but now it's all overcast. This stupid atmosphere is blocking my view.

 

[statickid]

do you guys realize it says june 26? its only friday june 25!

 

[george7378]

The UK is about as far from the region of visibility as it's possible to be. :lol: I remember the eclipse of December well though. Good luck to all viewing it!

 

[bwog]

Maybe I can stay up that late

I fall asleep fast, so probably not...

 

[ghostrunner01]

I'm just gonna set my alarm. I have my telescope set up in my backyard. When its about 1:30(ish) I'll get up and look at the moon.

 

[Bloodworth]

Sadly it is completely overcast here...as it is 99 percent of the time I tried to get into astronomy as a hobby years ago, but it is almost impossible given that we rarely get clear skies. In addition, when the skies are dark enough to use a telescope, the temperature is in the neighborhood of 0 degrees. When it is warm enough to persue the hobby, it doesn't get dark...at all.

 

[bwog]

Sadly it is completely overcast here...as it is 99 percent of the time I tried to get into astronomy as a hobby years ago, but it is almost impossible given that we rarely get clear skies. In addition, when the skies are dark enough to use a telescope, the temperature is in the neighborhood of 0 degrees. When it is warm enough to persue the hobby, it doesn't get dark...at all.

It was overcast here too, so I didn't see it. Stupid thunderstorms...

It is almost always completely cloudy or mostly cloudy here... every week or two a day without clouds.

 

[Eccentrus]

watched it in an observatory near campus