Saturday, March 03, 2007

Darn those clouds anyway!

LUNAR ECLIPSE: Set aside some time this weekend for sky watching. On Saturday night, March 3rd, there's going to be a total lunar eclipse.
This weekend's eclipse will be visible from parts of all seven continents. Europe and Africa are favored. People there will see Earth's red shadow swallow the Moon for more than an hour around 23:21 GMT.
In the United States, you have to be in the eastern half of the country to witness totality. At the end of the day on Saturday, go outside and face east. As the sun sets behind your back, a red Moon will rise before your eyes--fantastic! Maximum eclipse is at 6:21 p.m. EST.


Bryn keeps us posted on all things lunar. We had clouds here. Did anyone get to see this?

2 comments:

bryn said...

oh yes...we finally went cloudless down here

Shirl said...

good for you!!! Do you still have snow?