# I'm going to the observatory tonight to watch the partial lunar eclipse

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**Created:** [October 16, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-observatory-tonight-to-watch-the-partial-lunar-eclipse/326512 "2005-10-16T22:25:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-observatory-tonight-to-watch-the-partial-lunar-eclipse/326512/1 "2005-10-16T22:25:13Z")

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There’s a partial lunar eclipse just after 10 o’clock tonight (Monday) visible from Sydney. It’s not a particularly spectacular one - only 7% of the moon’s surface will be eclipsed - but I’ll be near the observatory so I think I’ll pop in for a look.

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**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-observatory-tonight-to-watch-the-partial-lunar-eclipse/326512/2 "2005-10-16T22:33:04Z")

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I love celestial events. You know, they say a world leader dies during eclipses. So…someone should partially die now.