i´m not 100% sure about the date. on wikipedia it says feb. 21 2008, on another page it says "In der Nacht von Mittwoch auf Donnerstag", so during the night from wednesday to thursday ... anyway

there is a total lunar eclipse starting 3:00 GMT/UTC, and ending 3:51 GMT/UTC

since the moon went out of my sight at 3:01 utc tonight, guess i won´t see much of the total lunar eclipse, no matter if it´s tonight or tomorrow night *pfff*

so, if i´m not totally stupid, the moon might be visible during that time from the north american continent

for those who can see it: enjoy

next total lunar eclipse will be dec 21 2010


edit: some more info about the event from an older thread:

Quote from Turbo Dad :

A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon phases into the cone of shadow cast by the Earth. Its supply of direct sunlight is cut off and the moon becomes dim until it emerges from the shadow. even at mid totality it does not vanish completely, because the sunlight is bent on to its surface by the Earth's atmosphere. The eclipse could be dark or bright it depends on the air.

20th of may here.

Pssstttt, I think he's an alien. Maybe in his planet were everyone drivers super fast they went too fast and traveled through time and went right back to the 20th of Feb.

*edit* WTH, I think I'm going crazy. I'd swear Blas posted. O_O

ehrm we are on tuesday....

yeah lol, you´re both on the american continent. here in europe it´s already past midnight, so 21st

anyway, i hope none of you confuses LUNAR and SOLAR eclipse. like, when i was still online in LFS, i shouted something like "WOW, TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE NOW ... OR TOMORROW!!!", and the first question was "WHERE???" ....

Lol yeah but you state that it's in feb O_O we're in may. All over the world last I check :P Or have the continents been seperated by enough to be months away??? xD

Anyways, eclpse's are cool.

arr .... you´re right, it´s may :doh: :bananadea lmao

maybe a mod could edit the title to "no lunar eclipse tonight" or something

Quote from eimer_ :

i´m not 100% sure about the date. on wikipedia it says feb. 21 2008....

Indeed......

Exif info:
Date: February 20, 2008
Time: 22:32:05
(US eastern timezone)



Sure, I've been a day behind before thinking it was Friday at work only to find out it was Thursday and I still had another day to go, but 3 months behind???? LOL

Time is movement, maybe it's that they haven't moved ..........

Quote from Racer X NZ :

Time is movement, maybe it's that they haven't moved ..........

It's because there's no patch Z yet, he got confused.