# The eclipse is starting! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135 "2003-11-08T23:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/1 "2003-11-08T23:41:19Z")
The lunar eclipse is starting - 5:32PM CST. Looking east, over Lake Michigan, on a clear, cold night, it’s a beautiful sight. I’m going to take a telescope outside when it gets closer to totality. Totality, from my vantage point, will be 7:06PM CST to 7:30PM. Sorry, my webcam is pointing the wrong direction, and won’t pick it up. This is the last total lunar eclipse that will be visible from earth until April, 2007. [U.S. Naval Observatory Lunar Eclipse Computer](http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/LunarEclipse.html) ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/2 "2003-11-08T23:43:08Z")
WAY! COOL! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/3 "2003-11-08T23:43:28Z")
It’s raining here. Poop. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/4 "2003-11-08T23:45:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by genie \* > \*\*It’s raining here. Poop. \*\* Personally, I’d rather have cats and dogs than poop. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/5 "2003-11-09T00:25:21Z")
Overcast here, and I waited to see this. Crap! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/6 "2003-11-09T00:31:03Z")
You poor guys, you-all live in the wrong place. Crystal-clear skies here. The moon is being eaten by the moon-monster. A big chunk is already gone. My guess is it will continue. Time for another beer. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/7 "2003-11-09T00:32:25Z")
I saw just the beginnings of it and now it’s completely clouded over. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/8 "2003-11-09T00:35:55Z")
Dang! You mean there’ll be more eclipses but they won’t be visible from Earth? 🙂 I’m kidding, of course, but someone was bound to point it out. It’s still daylight here in Oregon and besides being overcast, there’s a lot of smoke. Thplbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/9 "2003-11-09T00:36:47Z")
Mr. Moon, where goest thou? Playful inhabitant of the nightly skies, showing thy face, yet sometimes hiding neath the shadows of blue. Were you nibbled away, a white cookie silhouetting the trees of my woods, the darkness hungry to consume you? The crescent of your smile foretells yet a future celestial game of hide and seek. Shall it be you or Mr. Sun who initiates the next round of syzygy, whilst I watch from this cerulean orb? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/10 "2003-11-09T00:38:49Z")
It’s totally clouded over here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/11 "2003-11-09T00:41:54Z")
Perfect weather for moon-gazing here in Michigan. It’s almost totally eclipsed now. Really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/12 "2003-11-09T00:45:52Z")
It is spanking clear here. The kids were not impressed with the disappearing moon. ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/13 "2003-11-09T01:11:49Z")
It’s gone 1am here, and the eclipse is intermittently visible through the clouds. Don’t know why, but we appear to have TWO moons - maybe it’s the quantity of beer consumed. ---
**Author:** ![Parallax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/14 "2003-11-09T01:12:44Z")
It is a bit cold here tonight (25F) and the sky is crystal clear. Great moon viewing unlike the damn clouds for the last eclipse. =) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/15 "2003-11-09T01:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > The kids were not impressed with the disappearing moon. Kids! What’s the matter with kids today!? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/16 "2003-11-09T01:24:27Z")
It was awful cold outside, down by the lake, so we retreated just at totality. It didn’t seem as red or dim as the eclipse in May. At least that one was warmer. Hey, Steve & Chris – you warming up at the fireplace? ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/17 "2003-11-09T01:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Musicat \* > \*\*Time for another beer. \*\* I hear that (opens another Amber Bock). Hey, it’s re-emerging now. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/18 "2003-11-09T01:38:44Z")
Our kid seemed very impressed… she’s a bit silly though. We wrapped her up in a blanket and took her outside (She’s only 2 1/2) now she keeps asking me to swaddle her so she can go see the stars. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/19 "2003-11-09T01:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Musicat \* > \*\*Kids! What’s the matter with kids today!? 😛 \*\* Kids! Who can understand a word they say? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135/20 "2003-11-09T02:06:17Z")
Aw…it’s happening again. But in reverse. Ho-hum. _And while we’re on the subject…kids!_ **Tanookie** – your kid will grow up to be a scientist. Not like **Shirley Ujest’s** , who have no sense of wonder. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-is-starting/212135.md?page=2)