# lunatics look up **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363 "2004-10-27T02:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/1 "2004-10-27T02:22:47Z")
Who is going to view the lunar eclipse tomorrow night? I saw one once around the summer of 88 or 89. I want to see it turn orangish, and my son has never seen one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/2 "2004-10-27T02:23:36Z")
How about the lunatics that are in my head? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/3 "2004-10-27T02:26:21Z")
I’ll be out watching as soon as I get home from work. My library is doing a live webcast of it, weather permitting. If anyone wants the link, I’ll post it. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/4 "2004-10-27T02:44:31Z")
woot, a lunar eclipse on my birthday=) I will definitely be out looking, about what time is optimal? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/5 "2004-10-27T02:45:51Z")
Starts at 9:15, peaks at 10:30. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/6 "2004-10-27T02:51:37Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Starts at 9:15, peaks at 10:30. > Happy Birthday! For which time zone? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/7 "2004-10-27T02:53:22Z")
Eastern. I saw the asker was in Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/8 "2004-10-27T02:53:32Z")
I shall view the eclipse, assuming I don’t forget. I think this is the fourth straight total lunar eclipse, though IIRC the last one could not be seen from the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/9 "2004-10-28T02:51:24Z")
So cool. It turned orange. :o It was my son’s first. And it was really warm out. ---
**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/10 "2004-10-28T03:04:03Z")
Darn! I only just found out that an eclipse just happened! I saw my first lunar eclipse when I was in high school, on a Girl Scout canoe/camping trip. We were in the middle of nowhere on the edge of a lake, and none of us even knew that an eclipse was due that night. Then the moon started disappearing. We stayed up very late that night watching it disappear and reappear. It was so cool, especially since there was virtually no light pollution to affect it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-look-up/271363/11 "2004-10-28T04:32:08Z")
DARN those weather gods!! Darn them straight to HECK!!! It’s been cloudy here pretty much all day, so I didn’t really think I’d get to see the eclipse, but just before it started, the skies were (almost) completely clear. Just a few little cirrus off to one side, no big thang. But by the time the dragon had swallowed about 1/2 the moon, it clouded over pretty much solid. But not everywhere! The news station 15 miles away had a completely unobstructed view. “But hey!, don’t worry, they’ll break over your location soon enough, just keep watching.” So I did. and the skies cleared up just in time for me to watch the dragon finish puking the moon back out! :mad: Sorry about the mini-rant, but it’s happened the **last 3 times!**