# The Moon is Eclipsing! The Moon is Eclipsing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875 "2018-01-31T14:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/21 "2018-01-31T20:08:13Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > A few of mine from this morning: > > [Moon1](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/39107308625/in/dateposted-public/) > [Moon2](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/39295626784/in/dateposted-public/) > [Moon3](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/39295639994/in/dateposted-public/) Oh nice. I love the third. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/22 "2018-01-31T21:46:29Z")
Thank you for the photos! May I share them? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/23 "2018-01-31T22:00:20Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Thank you for the photos! May I share them? Sure. And, thanks, everyone, for the nice comments. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/24 "2018-01-31T22:33:09Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I fail to see the significance of “blue moon” for an astronomical event. It’s simply a quirk of our calendar, not anything physical, unlike the perigee or the eclipse. Why not call it an “Odin’s Eye” moon, since it takes place on a Wednesday? Indeed. When they were saying on the radio “first time this has happened in 150 years” I just wanted to scream out “so the fuck what?! The blue moon part is just some arbitrary accident of the calendar.” But I’m an angry person that way. I’m a bit pissed that I forgot about it this morning. My daughters were up getting ready for school and daycare, and I think the older one (3 1/2 years old) would have appreciated it. Then again, I remember my dad waking me up in the middle of the night to see a lunar eclipse and me being completely underwhelmed, so who knows. But at least they were awake at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/25 "2018-02-01T00:05:29Z")
I had an hour long-drive this AM, right into the west, facing the moon the whole time. 😃 I had mostly cloudy skies at that same time, allowing me to see the moon for about 67 total seconds. ☹ But what I saw was definitely an impressive eclipse. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/26 "2018-02-01T00:17:38Z")
Second total lunar eclipse in a row here (Canberra, Australia) that I have missed due to overcast skies. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/27 "2018-02-01T00:29:12Z")
It was on in Melbourne pretty much exactly midnight. Well worth staying up for, and nicely visible from my back yard ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/28 "2018-02-01T05:08:13Z")
I kept hearing the “super blue blood moon” crap and assumed it was just social media bullshit like the whole “supermoon” thing. I didn’t realize people were talking about an _eclipse_ until after the fact. It was cloudy anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875/29 "2018-02-01T05:31:30Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > I kept hearing the “super blue blood moon” crap and assumed it was just social media bullshit like the whole “supermoon” thing. I didn’t realize people were talking about an _eclipse_ until after the fact. It was cloudy anyways. Super moon = when the moon makes an extra close approach to Earth, resulting in a larger-than-normal full moon (not that you’d particularly notice anyway) Blue moon = the second full moon in a month (a sheer accident of the calendar) Blood moon = a total lunar eclipse Last night, all three events happened together at once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875.md?page=1)