Got up today and went out to view the lunar eclipse. We hadn’t planned to, but we woke up around 5:00 a.m. so we went out and saw it. In fact, it is still going on as I write – 6:22 a.m.
It is still theoretically possible that the Selenelion I mentioned Monday could happen – sunrise today will be at 7:19 and the moon doesn’t set until 7:26 – but we won’t be able to see it here. From our best viewpoint – at the end of our driveway - the moon is already dropping below the trees, and it’s still almost an hour until the sun comes up. Besides, the total phase of the eclipse has come and gone as I was writing.
Honey was a bit disappointed that the “Blood Moon” wasn’t very red. Here, anyway, it was orange.
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