From: Wocky
ID: 518164 Subject: re: April chit-chat

If anyone’s interested and on the east coast, there’ll be a total lunar eclipse tomorrow night, 15th April. The penumbra will first contact the moon at about 2:56PM (Melbourne time), the umbra will start crossing at about 4:00PM, and totality will start at about 5:08PM. Unfortunately, the moon won’t rise until about 5:50PM, but it will be fully eclipsed when it does. Totality will end at about 6:23PM, when the moon is almost 6o above the horizon. The umbra will finish crossing at about 7:32PM, and the eclipse will finish when the penumbra leaves the moon at about 8:37PM. All times are local Melbourne times.

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Thanks Wocky.

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Adelaide: The Moon rises at 5.48pm; total eclipse ends at 5.55pm; the eclipse ends at 7.03pm.

Brisbane: The Moon rises at 5.27pm; maximum eclipse is at 5.46pm; total eclipse ends at 6.25pm; the eclipse ends at 7.33pm.

Darwin: The Moon rises at 6.41pm; the eclipse ends at 7.33pm.

Hobart: The Moon rises at 5.33pm; maximum eclipse is at 5.46pm; total eclipse ends at 6.25pm; the eclipse ends at 7.33pm.

Melbourne: The Moon rises at 5.49pm; total eclipse ends at 6.25pm; the eclipse ends at 7.33pm.

Sydney: The Moon rises at 5.28pm; maximum eclipse is at 5.46pm; total eclipse ends at 6.25pm; the eclipse ends at 7.33pm.

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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/04/theres-a-total-lunar-eclipse-tomorrow-night-heres-how-to-watch-it/

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2014_lunar_eclipse

That isn’t what Wocky said!!

;)P

The cosmic ballet goes on.

Also: look east.

A high vantage point would be good. Looking out over the ocean would also be good. No clouds on the eastern horizon would be excellent.

I’ll be getting a nice bottle of wine for the occasion.

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/australia/brisbane

You can put your own city in this quite good calculator.

:)

Whist it has been cloudy during most of the day here in Brisbane (after a clear early morning), the cloud has now nearly cleared. So viewing might be good.

:)

Michael V said:

Whist it has been cloudy during most of the day here in Brisbane (after a clear early morning), the cloud has now nearly cleared. So viewing might be good.

:)

Keep an eye on cloud cover at:

BoM clouds

Clear here, but i think the mountains to the east might block most of it for us

Just visible tonight in Perth in the early evening. But it is overcast here and probably up there too. I’m glad we went moon gazing last night. :)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Michael V said:

Whist it has been cloudy during most of the day here in Brisbane (after a clear early morning), the cloud has now nearly cleared. So viewing might be good.

:)

Keep an eye on cloud cover at:

BoM clouds

:)

Whilst that is great for national or regional clouds, unfortunately it is not really suitable for appreciating clouds a locally. However, that said, looking up in the sky could work. And it helps the granddaughter anticipate the event.

Michael V said:

Whilst that is great for national or regional clouds, unfortunately it is not really suitable for appreciating clouds a locally. However, that said, looking up in the sky could work. And it helps the granddaughter anticipate the event.

Yeah, but I need to get up off my chair and go outside to do that. :)

Beautifully clear & still this end.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Michael V said:

Whilst that is great for national or regional clouds, unfortunately it is not really suitable for appreciating clouds a locally. However, that said, looking up in the sky could work. And it helps the granddaughter anticipate the event.

Yeah, but I need to get up off my chair and go outside to do that. :)

:-)~P

Bubblecar said:

Beautifully clear & still this end.

Same here, but bet I’m going to be underwhelmed as with most astronomy events.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Beautifully clear & still this end.

Same here, but bet I’m going to be underwhelmed as with most astronomy events.

i think i’ll just be whelmed

i’ve seen a few total lunar eclipses. certainly good to see a blood red moon.

JudgeMental said:

i’ve seen a few total lunar eclipses. certainly good to see a blood red moon.

Indeed. The regular silvery moon becomes passe after seeing it a thousand times.

Divine Angel said:

JudgeMental said:

i’ve seen a few total lunar eclipses. certainly good to see a blood red moon.

Indeed. The regular silvery moon becomes passe after seeing it a thousand times.

Meh.

it needs a makeover. maybe if we rotate it 180 degrees so we then see what is now the darkside.

morrie said:

Just visible tonight in Perth in the early evening. But it is overcast here and probably up there too. I’m glad we went moon gazing last night. :)

Clear here just now.

Hmm, a low bank of cloud formed on the eastern horizon. I’ll probably miss the first few minutes of it.

Low cloud, trees and half a building in the way here.

Where’s this so called moon object then?

Ian said:

Where’s this so called moon object then?

Give it time, give it time.

Those moonrise times are for a flat horizon on a perfect sphere.

Oh the moon’ s there alright.. just hard to see cause it’s all eclipsed.

I’ve got a line of giant poplars in the way, which will certainly make it harder to spot an eclipsed moon than a bright one.

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, a low bank of cloud formed on the eastern horizon. I’ll probably miss the first few minutes of it.

Here in Sydney, a nice sunset to the West, but solid cloud to the East.

There a blood red moon out there

http://live.slooh.com/

We have some cloud on the eastern horizon here (north of Coffs Harbour), but the Moon rose above the cloud about 15 minutes ago.

Mars is close too. Red planet with red moon

Found it :)

Its Cloudy here in Ballarat

:(

It’s just risen above the murk here. It’s not really snappable with my little snappy camera so I won’t bother trying.

Dropbear said:

Mars is close too. Red planet with red moon

It looks kinda weird for the Moon to be redder and dimmer than Mars.

FWIW, Jupiter’s also visible, about 90° away from the Moon & Mars, towards the south-west. It should be pretty easy to find, since it’s currently the brightest thing in the sky.

Looking good now that it’s getting dark.

It looks kinda weird for the Moon to be redder and dimmer than Mars.

and bigger!!!

JudgeMental said:

It looks kinda weird for the Moon to be redder and dimmer than Mars.

and bigger!!!

Shaddup, you!

i was wearing my zoomies when i looked though

Can just start to see it begin to turn white on its right hand edge.

it’s a wonder you can contain your excitement.

Yes, a crescent emerging.

sibeen said:

Can just start to see it begin to turn white on its right hand edge.

No wonder the primitives in Nimbin and Woodforde were afraid

There are probably aliens out there who would give their right tentacle for our nice eclipses.

Ooh it’s big on the horizon, innit.

Someone stole the eclipse here. Clear sky overhead…..Eastern horizon…cloud bank.

(Actually it doesn’t appear larger than usual; I can only see bits of it through the trees, and couldn’t see any until after it started emerging.)

Ooh ooh I can see the crescent!

The Blood Moon Prophecy is an idea popularized by Christian pastors John Hagee and Mark Biltz that states the upcoming tetrad (a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, with six full moons in between, and no intervening partial lunar eclipses) which begins with the April 2014 lunar eclipse is a sign of significant things to come. Biltz believes that the Second Coming will coincide with the final eclipse of the tetrad, while Hagee only believes the eclipses are a sign of coming change in the course of history for Israel.

The Blood Moon Prophecy has quickly gained attention on the Internet after Biltz first proposed it in 2008, and has gained mainstream media attention as the April 15, 2014 lunar eclipse has approached. Despite the attention, few Christians believe the prophecy. It has been criticized by both mainstream Christian sources and secular astronomy blogs. Critics point out that tetrads that correspond with Jewish feasts are not as rare as Hagee and Biltz imply, that the eclipses will not be visible in Israel, and that the Bible also states it is impossible to know when the Second Coming will occur.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Moon_Prophecy

w00t

doesn’t look red at all here

I hope the next three are better for us.

OCDC said:

I hope the next three are better for us.

October: nope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2014_lunar_eclipse
April 2015: a bit better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_lunar_eclipse
Sept 2015: not at all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2015_lunar_eclipse

Ah well, the one I saw from the Pyrite Coast a few years ago was bloody good.

Don’t go out tonight, there’s a bad moon on the rise.

Blood moon during Holy Week.

It’s a sigh from Deevus

Peak Warming Man said:

Don’t go out tonight, there’s a bad moon on the rise.

Oh, that would have been a good one to play last night. We chose Pink Floyd and a couple of mixed CDs, one of which had some CCR on it.

Skunkworks said:

and that the Bible also states it is impossible to know when the Second Coming will occur.

I’m already here.

OK, so now I can see about 2/3 of a moon with some great cloudy bits around it. Just need a witch to fly past now.

There’s been cloud in the way for the last 20 minutes here, but the Moon’s just managed to escape over the top. For the moment.

buffy said:

Just need a witch to fly past now.

Grab your broom then…

buffy said:

OK, so now I can see about 2/3 of a moon with some great cloudy bits around it. Just need a witch to fly past now.

Have you ever seen The Witchetts, they used to do formation flying on training brooms during full moons.
Sometimes they’d set fire to the tail of the brooms.

My mum’s laugh sounds like a witch’s cackle. Used to scare the daylights outta me when I was little.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

OK, so now I can see about 2/3 of a moon with some great cloudy bits around it. Just need a witch to fly past now.

Have you ever seen The Witchetts, they used to do formation flying on training brooms during full moons.
Sometimes they’d set fire to the tail of the brooms.

We were good, weren’t we.

Wow! I think that’s the best eclipse I’ve ever seen.

Something to do with the time of evening, clearness of the sky.. or how much I had to drink..

WOW!

(Not my photo)

clouds

Divine Angel said:

shopped

Well, that was fun. No clouds out to the east. We walked up to the top of the hill, saw the “red” moon and watched some of the partial eclipse. Little Miss Incorrigible V was thoroughly impressed, and very excited by it. She had the notion of an eclipse through watching movies, and loved seeing the real thing. We left the top of the hill when the partial eclipse was about half way through. She just saw the full moon through her bedroom window. She seems to understand that the eclipse was the Earth’s shadow.

All good.

:)

Oh, and Miss V called up her family in Sydney (fully clouded). Her 8 year old sister was very jealous!

Michael V said:

Well, that was fun. No clouds out to the east. We walked up to the top of the hill, saw the “red” moon and watched some of the partial eclipse. Little Miss Incorrigible V was thoroughly impressed, and very excited by it. She had the notion of an eclipse through watching movies, and loved seeing the real thing. We left the top of the hill when the partial eclipse was about half way through. She just saw the full moon through her bedroom window. She seems to understand that the eclipse was the Earth’s shadow.

All good.

:)

And she’ll remember that for ever, formative memories are very durable.

My dad went to the beach and had an unobstructed view. I’m jealous.

Michael V said:

Well, that was fun. No clouds out to the east. We walked up to the top of the hill, saw the “red” moon and watched some of the partial eclipse. Little Miss Incorrigible V was thoroughly impressed, and very excited by it. She had the notion of an eclipse through watching movies, and loved seeing the real thing. We left the top of the hill when the partial eclipse was about half way through. She just saw the full moon through her bedroom window. She seems to understand that the eclipse was the Earth’s shadow.

All good.

:)

Excellent.

But it was a total eclipse, it’s just that the eclipse was already in progress before moonrise. I suppose the Kiwis could’ve seen the whole thing.

PM 2Ring said:

Michael V said:

Well, that was fun. No clouds out to the east. We walked up to the top of the hill, saw the “red” moon and watched some of the partial eclipse. Little Miss Incorrigible V was thoroughly impressed, and very excited by it. She had the notion of an eclipse through watching movies, and loved seeing the real thing. We left the top of the hill when the partial eclipse was about half way through. She just saw the full moon through her bedroom window. She seems to understand that the eclipse was the Earth’s shadow.

All good.

:)

Excellent.

But it was a total eclipse, it’s just that the eclipse was already in progress before moonrise. I suppose the Kiwis could’ve seen the whole thing.

Sorry, my bad writing. We saw totality, and watched the eclipse from totality into the partial stage. (The “red” moon bit was supposed to indicate we saw totality.)

Peak Warming Man said:

And she’ll remember that for ever, formative memories are very durable.

Hopefully.

:)

It was too cloudy here :(

Did anyone see these pics?
This page was linked from the ABC Science website…..

https://storify.com/abcnews/blood-red-moon

Obscured by clouds, here.

captain_spalding said:

Obscured by clouds, here.

We didn’t get the red moon here in SA, but pics from elsewhere look pretty good

captain_spalding said:

Obscured by clouds, here.

thanks, Pink.

*chuckle

Just looking at some photos from yesterday evening..

What is the star or planet straight above the moon?

jupiter.

JudgeMental said:

jupiter.

No. That’s 90 degrees away.

Try Mars.

or mars if it’s red.

Cheers m’lud

Yes it was Mars.

Bubblecar said:

Yes it was Mars.

Mars was off to the north a bit I think.

The moon was pretty awesome earlier on tonight, big ol’ yellow harvest moon it was.
There’ll be heaps of buck naked hippies dancing under it’s spell.

its

Peak Warming Man said:

The moon was pretty awesome earlier on tonight, big ol’ yellow harvest moon it was.
There’ll be heaps of buck naked hippies dancing under it’s spell.

And Morrie.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The moon was pretty awesome earlier on tonight, big ol’ yellow harvest moon it was.
There’ll be heaps of buck naked hippies dancing under it’s spell.

And Morrie.

with bells on

like a morris dancer

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Yes it was Mars.

Mars was off to the north a bit I think.

Yes, Mars was north of the moon and Saturn was south. So you might be thinking of Saturn.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The moon was pretty awesome earlier on tonight, big ol’ yellow harvest moon it was.
There’ll be heaps of buck naked hippies dancing under it’s spell.

And Morrie.

Ja. Banana benders and Morrie.

>The moon was pretty awesome earlier on tonight, big ol’ yellow harvest moon it was.

Yes, I was riding home from the village with my lights on when it rose like a fat yellow balloon, not quite round.

and if it was in the morning in the east it was venus.

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Yes it was Mars.

Mars was off to the north a bit I think.

Yes, Mars was north of the moon and Saturn was south. So you might be thinking of Saturn.

Lets face it, you were pissed!

Is there a meteorite shower next week?

Melbourne University astrophysicist Dr Katie Mack said Mars and Saturn would join the moon during its full lunar eclipse, making it a “cool” event.

“Mars is about as close as it ever comes to the Earth right now, it’s quite big,” Dr Mack said.

Dr Mack said Mars would rise first at about 5.30pm to the east, but slightly north of the eclipsed moon, which would rise at 5.49pm to the east. Saturn would rise about 7.15pm.

The two planets and the moon would be aligned at 8pm with Mars to the north, the moon to the east and Saturn to the south.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/celestial-double-feature-to-star-lunar-eclipse-and-mars-20140415-36p3z.html#ixzz2z2Y1mxKS

Bubblecar said:

Melbourne University astrophysicist Dr Katie Mack said Mars and Saturn would join the moon during its full lunar eclipse, making it a “cool” event.

“Mars is about as close as it ever comes to the Earth right now, it’s quite big,” Dr Mack said.

Dr Mack said Mars would rise first at about 5.30pm to the east, but slightly north of the eclipsed moon, which would rise at 5.49pm to the east. Saturn would rise about 7.15pm.

The two planets and the moon would be aligned at 8pm with Mars to the north, the moon to the east and Saturn to the south.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/celestial-double-feature-to-star-lunar-eclipse-and-mars-20140415-36p3z.html#ixzz2z2Y1mxKS

Thanks.

The fairly faint blue plantety looking object directly above the moon may or may not be Saturn.. I think its too dim..

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Melbourne University astrophysicist Dr Katie Mack said Mars and Saturn would join the moon during its full lunar eclipse, making it a “cool” event.

“Mars is about as close as it ever comes to the Earth right now, it’s quite big,” Dr Mack said.

Dr Mack said Mars would rise first at about 5.30pm to the east, but slightly north of the eclipsed moon, which would rise at 5.49pm to the east. Saturn would rise about 7.15pm.

The two planets and the moon would be aligned at 8pm with Mars to the north, the moon to the east and Saturn to the south.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/celestial-double-feature-to-star-lunar-eclipse-and-mars-20140415-36p3z.html#ixzz2z2Y1mxKS

Thanks.

The fairly faint blue plantety looking object directly above the moon may or may not be Saturn.. I think its too dim..

Probably a star.