From Spaceweather.com
SOMETHING FLARE-Y THIS WAY COMES: An active sunspot hiding just behind the sun's northeastern limb is crackling with C- and M-class solar flares. Later today it will rotate into view, commencing a 2-week trip across the Earthside of the sun. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text
LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT: Tonight, the full Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a total lunar eclipse. Totality begins at 11:29 pm EDT on May 15th (03:29 UT on May 16th). The Moon will turn red for almost 85 minutes:
This eclipse might be darker red than other recent lunar eclipses. Blame the Tonga volcano. During a lunar eclipse, most of the light illuminating the Moon passes through Earth's stratosphere where it is reddened by scattering. When the Tonga volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it hurled 400 million kilograms of ash and fumes deep into the stratosphere. The volcano's lingering exhaust could shade the eclipse, making it a deeper darker red than usual.
The eclipse will be widely visible from the Americas on the evening of May 15th; and Africa and Europe on the morning of May 16th. This map created by Michael Zeiler of GreatAmericanEclipse.com shows who is favored:
Near Earth Asteroids: none known; nothing within 1 lunar distance, so nothing to worry about. (Greater than 1 L.D. doesn't count unless you are selling tabloids at the Grocery store checkout.)
Images of recent dust storms from Earth Sky:
EarthSky images: Dust and high winds rip Midwest and Great Plains
(Resident Feeble Joe is a Time Traveler who is taking us all along on a trip back to the Great Depression!)