# FYI.... there is a lunar eclipse tonite... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946 "2000-01-20T16:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/1 "2000-01-20T16:11:00Z")
In case anyone who hasn’t heard is interested there is a lunar eclipse tonite (1/20) starts at 6pm PST but is best seen at 8pm PST if the damn cloud cover ever leaves! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/2 "2000-01-21T06:50:00Z")
Things are clear here in Phoenix. Last night there was a wonderful large ring around the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/3 "2000-01-20T19:22:00Z")
Well, better than a ring around Uranus(god, am I in 4th grade?) I guess it’s time to get naked in that old oak grove and start dancing! * * * “It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/4 "2000-01-20T19:38:00Z")
It has a 78-minute totality length as well. Not a record, but the longest run about 100 minutes. The lunar eclipse of 7/16/2000 will be the longest (overall and totality) and last of this century (20[sup]th[/sup]). It’ll occur from 1104 to 1648 Universal time (Greenwich Standard Time), so us in the Western Hemisphere won’t be about to see it. ☹ * * * Judges 14:9 - So [Samson] scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/5 "2000-01-20T19:43:00Z")
I take that back, a little. Most of N. America will see the partial part. But just about sunrise/moonset in California is when totality will start. * * * Judges 14:9 - So [Samson] scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/6 "2000-01-20T19:49:00Z")
Yea, and if you guys don’t straighten your acts up, I’ll make the sun disappear too. * * * Then Holley held Miss Spider’s hand… I’ll say no more, you understand. For private moments between spiders Should not be witnessed by outsiders. -David Kirk- Miss Spider’s Wedding ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/7 "2000-01-20T19:57:00Z")
BTW, Dem-Where exactly is that oak grove? 😃 * * * Then Holley held Miss Spider’s hand… I’ll say no more, you understand. For private moments between spiders Should not be witnessed by outsiders. -David Kirk- Miss Spider’s Wedding ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/8 "2000-01-20T20:07:00Z")
Jeez! I screwed up. Here are the times for tonight’s and July 16th’s eclipses: \1/21/00 (date is UT) Begins 0301 UT (10:01 PM EST, 07:01 PM PST) Totality 0404 UT (11:04 PM EST, 08:04 PM PST) Maximum 0443 UT (11:43 PM EST, 08:43 PM PST) End of Totality 0522 UT (12:22 AM EST, 09:22 PM PST) End of Eclipse 0625 UT (01:25 AM EST, 10:25 PM PST) 7/16/00 Begins 1158 UT (07:58 AM EDT, 04:58 AM PST) Totality 1302 UT (09:02 AM EDT, 06:02 AM PST) Maximum 1356 UT (09:56 AM EDT, 06:56 AM PST) End of Totality 1450 UT (10:50 AM EDT, 07:50 AM PST) End of Eclipse 1554 UT (11:54 AM EDT, 08:54 AM PST) \ ## On 7/16, LA’s sunrise will be 5:54, SF’s 6:01. So the moon will just be setting as its totality begins. Judges 14:9 - So [Samson] scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/9 "2000-01-20T20:16:00Z")
Totally overcast and snowing here in New York City. Guess I’ll just get naked in my bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/10 "2000-01-20T21:07:00Z")
## I’ve been waiting months for this eclipse. I’ve also been waiting months for snow. Tonight, the eclipse is going to be blocked by a snowstorm. Damnit, I just can’t win. Jeremy… Nobody ever calls me after they’ve done something smart. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/11 "2000-01-20T21:17:00Z")
Ummm, Uke, where exactly is that bathtub? Good God, I am shameless. * * * Then Holley held Miss Spider’s hand… I’ll say no more, you understand. For private moments between spiders Should not be witnessed by outsiders. -David Kirk- Miss Spider’s Wedding ---
**Author:** ![Steelwhip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Steelwhip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steelwhip)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/12 "2000-01-20T21:33:00Z")
A maintenance guy was unknowingly demonstrating a preview this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/13 "2000-01-20T21:35:00Z")
from psycat90; > [@](#): > > Good God, I am shameless. Hey psycat90, where are _you_? 😉 * * * Desparately seeking Susan… or Kathy, or Erica, or Becky… ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/14 "2000-01-20T23:00:00Z")
Oh yeah. Celestial phenomena in Seattle. Another UL. * * * That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/15 "2000-01-20T23:04:00Z")
This just in: The eclipse has been postponed due to inclement weather. * * * Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/16 "2000-01-21T11:29:00Z")
Just outside of DC, it was freezing-the-ass-off weather tonight. I’ve seen lunar eclipses before; enough of them have the courtesy to happen in summer! But with the full moon on the snow at 3am, I could read my newspaper (the fine print, not just the headlines) by the moonlight when I brought it in off the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/17 "2000-01-21T14:54:00Z")
My son and I saw it last night!But only when it got halfway across,as the moon then went over our apartment and I wasnt going outside in 18 degree weather.Did it really turn red?They said it would. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-there-is-a-lunar-eclipse-tonite/12946/18 "2000-01-21T15:12:00Z")
The sky was completely clear down here last night. I went out around 10:30 and it was about half way through the eclipse. I went in for a few minutes and came back out with my wife and it was getting close to being fully eclisped. We did continue to watch it until it was fully eclipsed, but that was around 11:00 pm, so we went back in and went to bed. It was cool. Jeffery