Posted on 09/27/2015 12:06:10 PM PDT by Dave346
For the first time in more than 30 years, you can witness a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse. Late on Sept. 27, 2015, in the U.S. and much of the world, a total lunar eclipse will mask the moon’s larger-than-life face.
Watch NASA’s live stream from 8:00 p.m. until at least 11:30 p.m. EDT broadcast from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., with a live feed from the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, Calif. Mitzi Adams, a NASA solar physicist at Marshall will discuss the eclipse and answer questions from Twitter. To ask a question, use #askNASA.
Throughout human history, lunar eclipses have been viewed with awe and sometimes fear. Today, we know that a total lunar eclipse happens when the full moon passes through the darkest part of Earth's shadow, the umbra.
Sunday’s supermoon eclipse will last 1 hour and 11 minutes, and will be visible to North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific. Weather permitting, you can see the supermoon after nightfall, and the eclipse will cast it into shadow beginning at 8:11 p.m. EDT. The total eclipse starts at 10:11 p.m. EDT, peaking at 10:47 p.m. EDT.
The moon does not make its own light; it reflects light it receives from the sun. During a lunar eclipse, the moon appears less and less bright as sunlight is blocked by the Earth’s shadow. As totality approaches, sunlight reaches the moon indirectly and is refracted around the “edges” of Earth, through Earth’s atmosphere. Because of this, almost all colors except red are “filtered” out, and the eclipsed moon appears reddish or dark brown. This filtering is caused by particulates in our atmosphere; when there have been a lot of fires and/or volcanic eruptions, lunar eclipses will appear darker and redder. This eerie -- but harmless -- effect has earned the phenomenon the nickname “blood moon.”
The live feed from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will offer views of the eclipse from not only the Griffith Observatory, but the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Fernbank Observatory in Atlanta and other locations across the United States. The live feed is an alternative for those experiencing less-than-optimal weather or light-polluted night skies.
Learn more about eclipses and how NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will wait as Earth blots out the sun and the moon goes dark. LRO scientists embrace new possibilities, extending their scientific exploration to include eclipses and other events that can reveal more of the moon’s secrets.
If you miss this event, you’ll have to wait a while -- the next supermoon eclipse won’t occur until 2033.
Same here, as usual.
Every cool astronomy event brings the inevitable cloud cover.
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; ) or is it ; (
Hoping the clouds clear off
LOL
Me either.
The last really good one I saw was back in 1994.
And of all things, I watched it from the back of a Harley as we made our way home from Waynesboro PA.
It was pretty awesome, really.
:)
I want to see the angles from the ISS. Live transmission of this is not a heavy lift.
ping
Is 0bama ordering NASA to give credit for the eclipse to the Moose Limbs?
Not a dang cloud in the sky all week until today LOL
But it seems to be clearing
More about how lunar eclipses work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8vFYubZIY4
Watch it live at these links.
http://www.ccssc.org/webcast.html
http://live.slooh.com/
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/live-feed-of-sundays-supermoon-eclipse.html
Super Blood Moon eclipse tonight!
http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-hunters-moon-september-27-28-2015
It will be a Super Moon! This particular Super Moon orbit puts the Moon closest to the Earth for the whole year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon
It’s also the Harvest Moon.
http://www.almanac.com/content/shine-harvest-moon
Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon times from Jerusalem.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/israel/jerusalem
Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon times from the West Coast.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/san-francisco
Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon times from the East Coast.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/norfolk
Plug in your location for eclipse times.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2015-september-28
Ruth Etting - Shine on Harvest Moon (1931)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Mu9fh23dY
BFL
As of right now, they’re saying “partly cloudy” until 10PM.
Could change either way.
Our weather forecasts have been totally useless all summer.
;D
I was an amateur astronomer in jr high and HS. Cloud cover here,
I’m one bummed out gal, treating myself to a hot cocoa to feel better. I’ll have to watch it online. It’s not the same as watching it live.
Nope, it’s not.
I’m currently scouting forecasts for nearby areas, in case the clouds are scattered.
I’d drive a bit to see it live.
:)
Bump.
I don’t want to get near Philly with the Pope there. It would be traffic hell multiplied by infinity.
NYC is overcast. I’m stuck at home watching it online. Just a bummer because I don’t know if I’m going to be alive for the next one (probably) but will I be able to see it where I’m living?.
I wouldn't want to get near Philly even without the Pope there.
awesome
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