The entire event will be visible from Europe, Africa and western Asia. In eastern Asia, moonset occurs during various stages of the eclipse. For example, the Moon sets while in total eclipse from central China and southeast Asia. Western Australia catches part of the initial partial phases but the Moon sets before totality. Observers in eastern North and South America will find the Moon already partially or totality eclipsed at moonrise. From western North America, only the final penumbral phases are visible.
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Don't forget this is tonight Wish I had my telescope here
yorkshire rose Member # 12072
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oh my god i have to see this mk Im going to see Tarkan at the Rotterdam Ahoy in concert but get home for this \is it around 12 here i should see it mk Thanks for this info
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289
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we're going to try to watch it too, thanks for the info
Batman, non-stop, righteous machine Member # 11915
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ilsa3ah kam ya mk fe misr?
Ayisha Member # 4713
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I can see the biggest moon now right outside my kitchen window sky is nice and clear so should get a good view
Laura Member # 879
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Batman, we are GMT + 2, so it should begin about 11:30 Cairo time.
Head to the desert, the view should be great
Batman, non-stop, righteous machine Member # 11915
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quote:Originally posted by Laura:
Head to the desert, the view should be great
i can't go out my cave now i need prepare my stuff iside the cave for tomorrow.
Ayisha Member # 4713
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batters cant you just pop your head out??
Batman, non-stop, righteous machine Member # 11915
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pop corn
Ayisha Member # 4713
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I can see it starting here now, like a black shadow starting to cross the moon
Miss Sharm Member # 12405
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quote:Originally posted by Ayisha: I can see it starting here now, like a black shadow starting to cross the moon
I can see it to, it is about half way over the moon now, amazing.
Laura Member # 879
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and for your listening pleasure, while viewing an "astronomical delight"
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yes its starting here in holland too great veiw only my huge conifer stands in the way of my window. Guys were are half way there now im going to see the full thing cant wait i hope you are all enjoying looking at the moon as all of us are Mk are you at youre window?
yorkshire rose Member # 12072
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thankyou laura just love westlife, its so beautiful music for the experience
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just called hubby, hes watching it in Egypt too
Laura Member # 879
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I can't see it Too many buildings in the way, and am not going down to the beach.
jessie Member # 681
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get up on the roof. great
Laura Member # 879
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are we on the dark side of the moon yet?
chimpsandherbanana Member # 11270
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i was told 10 30 pm here i cant see any thing im see a orange glow from the sky into the horizon but nothing yet
ayisha your not far from me i CANT SEE NUTTIN YETTTTTTTTTTT...... I NEED TO WISH ???? I WISHED NOW SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN IT ..
ME AND ZULIE WENT OUT SIDE JUST SEEN IT A SLIGHT ORANGE ON THE MOON ...GOT WET SOCKS NOW ...... lovely jubbely
get_over_it Member # 11286
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I've just nipped outside to get an early look, and it's almost there - beautiful! The sky down here is really clear tonight, so we have a perfect view. Thanks MK - it's spectacular
Penny Member # 1925
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Thanks for this post MK we watched it out the bedroom window ...even my hubby couldn't help being a bit romantic now if we could just have had dark side of the moon playing as well........ only problem when we put the lights back on we had a room infested with mozzies...life is never perfect!
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356
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Good morning ladies and gents. I'm glad we shared the experience around the globe. It was magnificent to watch here too. I asked hubby to wake me up when it would have started and I watched until it went dark while sitting at the edge of the window with my legs dangling outside and wrapped up in a thick blanket.
I don't want to sound like anything but I have to say that it made me go through a very spiritual and emotional experience. Last time I saw a lunar eclipse was in Luxor 10 years ago. I went on the roof and dragged a mattress and a mosquito net along and I lay all night to watch the moon and the stars that felt so close like they were in a children's story book. Last night, I remembered that night very well, and I remembered the little beautiful girl in a West Bank village who told me to think of her whenever I saw the moon. I remembered that I was saying goodbye to Luxor and to Egypt for I had decided to start a life in Holland. Last night I said goodbye to Holland's moon in the same manner. It seems that I move country every lunar eclipse.
It was nice to have the moon bring up the memories.
Nowadays the eclipses mean nothing but a perfectly explained scientific phenomenon, but in the past they had a more fun explanation. People would literally panic and think it's the end of the world in come cultures.
Here's an explanation from the Ancient Egyptian point of view:
quote: Egyptian mythology attributes an eclipse of the moon to Seth's having stolen the Moon Eye of Horus. Thoth, god of learning and mathematics, searched in the darkness and restored it to its place in the heavens, becoming a lunar deity himself.
Two weeks or so before a solar eclipse, the priests of Ra, the sun deity, would admonish the people of Egypt saying that they were sinners. People would then contribute to the temples and offer sacrifices in hopes of appeasing Ra, but of course, their devotion was not rewarded. During the unsettling moments of the eclipse, people would redouble their efforts and then see that the priests were true links to the will of Ra as generosity and obedience were rewarded with the re-emergence of light.
Eclipses were often associated with outbreaks of illness. There was a widespread fear, also, that the earth itself could get sick and die. In Babylon, the priest would bathe the King [source of fertility and all good] in a preparation of cedar oil and myrrh in hopes of preventing this greatest of catastrophes.
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I saw half of it before we threw outselves in bed for the night, but it was so great to watch....by the way, can someone please explain why the moon goes black? where is the earth in relation to the moon during a lunar eclipse? thanks.
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: can someone please explain why the moon goes black? where is the earth in relation to the moon during a lunar eclipse?
It's when the sun, earth, and moon respectively fall in one line, so the earth blocks the sunlight from falling on the moon so it becomes black, as it normally is without the sunlight reflecting on it.
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I watched, was great thanks MK for the thread. I dont remember ever seeing one like that before though. Last eclipse I remember was a solar eclipse ?? in 1999 i think, was during the day so I assume thats a solar eclipse
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356
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Ayisha, there was a total solar eclipse seen best in the north west of Egypt last year. I was in Cairo at that time and saw it to 98%.