# Total eclipse of the moon Saturday 4 April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562 "2015-04-01T23:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/1 "2015-04-01T23:49:49Z")
[Map](http://www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEnews/TLE2015Apr04/TLE2015Apr04.html#Visibility) showing where the eclipse will be visible (weather permitting). The entire eclipse will be visible from western North America, Hawaii, eastern Asia, New Zealand and Australia. The total phase will last only four and a half minutes, which is unusually brief. The lunar disk will only barely pass within the earth’s umbral shadow, so the moon will not darken as much as in other, longer lunar eclipses. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/2 "2015-04-03T02:37:18Z")
4:57am where I am. Sorry, not getting up that early on a SATURDAY! But I hope whoever does watch it enjoys it! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/3 "2015-04-03T19:51:49Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 4:57am where I am. Sorry, not getting up that early on a SATURDAY! Next thing you know, you won’t be showing up for the human sacrifice either. The kids these days. Yeah, 7:30+ish Saturday morning on the US east coast. 4 something west coast. Depending on location within your zone, etc. It’ll be setting for us before totality. And we have a lousy horizon for such events. Might be able to see a bit of the early part. The situation will sort of be reversed for the September one. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/4 "2015-04-03T21:48:01Z")
Naturally today has dawned with heavy cloud and rain. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/5 "2015-04-03T22:24:36Z")
Bright and sunny here, fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/6 "2015-04-04T09:56:08Z")
Bright clear night, should be starting soon. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/7 "2015-04-04T10:19:56Z")
It’s still completely clouded over here. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/8 "2015-04-04T10:37:11Z")
Damn - should be starting within the next hour or so here, but as usual Jakarta is pretty cloudy. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/9 "2015-04-04T12:17:10Z")
It’s just about total at my location in the Southwest US. You can sleep in, then plug in your location and watch an animation of the eclipse here. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/10 "2015-04-04T12:59:21Z")
We had a rockin’ view of it. Brought the girls out to see, since they’d only just gone to bed. Way cool, especially since we won’t get the chance again for another three years. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/11 "2015-04-04T13:24:43Z")
It comes shortly after an eclipse of the sun … is that usual? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/12 "2015-04-04T13:37:36Z")
The eclipse was totally eclipsed by clouds here. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/13 "2015-04-04T17:09:17Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > It comes shortly after an eclipse of the sun … is that usual? Eclipses have [seasons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_season). The tilt of the Moon’s orbit and position of the Moon in orbit [line up just right](http://earthsky.org/space/why-isnt-there-an-eclipse-every-full-moon) about twice a year. Rain out here, or so I thought. When I got up later the western sky had broken up quite a bit. Not much lost, in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/14 "2015-04-04T20:02:24Z")
Perfect viewing here; I watched it until 1am, and then bailed. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/15 "2015-04-04T20:20:01Z")
I saw it on my drive into work this morning. I looked up and saw the moon and thought something wasn’t quite right. My alarm clock has a display for phase of the moon and that was showing nearly full. The moon through my windshield was more of a waning crescent. And then over the half hour of my drive the crescent became smaller and smaller. And the crescent was all wrong too. This morning the “wrong” part of the moon remained lit. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-saturday-4-april-2015/716562/16 "2015-04-04T22:15:58Z")
Obligatory Casey & Andy link [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=182](http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=182)