# Total lunar eclipse this evening (8 October) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699 "2014-10-07T23:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/1 "2014-10-07T23:36:41Z")
And naturally, after days of sunny clear skies, the clouds have rolled in. I hope the weather will clear this afternoon/evening. [Link](http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1312014/) with details and a map showing where the eclipse is visible. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/2 "2014-10-07T23:51:49Z")
For those of us in North America, it’ll be tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/3 "2014-10-07T23:59:31Z")
Here in New Mexico, cloud cover is supposed to move in overnight- courtesy of Tropical Depression Simon, downgraded from hurricane status a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/4 "2014-10-08T00:18:33Z")
Very early tomorrow morning [here](http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/longway_planetarium_astronomer.html#incart_river), and hopefully clouds won’t roll in. I’m almost always up by 6 am and I hope to see this tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/5 "2014-10-08T01:46:34Z")
Here in PA, we’re told to look for a Selenelion eclipse. If things go right, it will be possible to see the eclisped moon (setting) and the sun (rising) simultaneously. What sounds impossible is made possible by refraction of light due to the atmosphere. Unfortunately, weather appears not to be cooperating. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/6 "2014-10-08T02:15:43Z")
I was looking forward to this, too, but everyone kept saying it was going to be Wednesday night. Which I guess is technically correct, as it is after midnight Tuesday and night time when it happens, but that’s so misleading. I think it is unlikely I will be able to see a lunar eclipse, again. It starts at 3-ish my time, and ends around 5. Maybe I’ll be able to see the one next year, assuming it’s visible here. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/7 "2014-10-08T02:21:06Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > If things go right, it will be possible to see the eclisped moon (setting) and the sun (rising) simultaneously. Is that the kind that’s studied by Thelenologithth? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/8 "2014-10-08T02:23:43Z")
It looks to be clearing a bit here, which is good. The umbral part of the eclipse lasts from 9.25pm until 10.25pm here, with mid-eclipse at 9.55pm, so it’s not terribly late at night. Perfect timing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/9 "2014-10-08T02:32:02Z")
My understanding is that the reason you will be able to see a sunrise and the moon eclipsed is due to an optical illusion (can someone provide more detail?). There is a very small window (2 minutes maybe) to look east and west and see both. Get up high (like your roof) to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/10 "2014-10-08T02:38:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Maybe I’ll be able to see the one next year, assuming it’s visible here. I don’t know where ‘here’ is, but there will be two total lunar eclipses in 2015: - the first is on [4 April](http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1212015/), and will be visible to some extent everywhere except Africa and Europe, with the whole eclipse visible from New Zealand, eastern Australia, PNG, parts of Japan and far eastern Russia; - the second is on [28 September](http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1412015/), and will be visible to some extent everywhere except Australia, New Zealand and eastern Asia, with the whole eclipse visible in western Europe, western Africa, South and Central America, and the eastern parts of Canada and the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/11 "2014-10-08T02:47:07Z")
If the sky is clear and there isn’t much light pollution, viewers may be able to see Uranus (with binoculars) during the eclipse. [Here’s an article](http://www.space.com/27347-total-lunar-eclipse-uranus-skywatching.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/12 "2014-10-08T10:41:15Z")
The moon is now fully eclipsed but sadly the clouds haven’t yet parted. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/13 "2014-10-08T10:55:35Z")
Just as the moon reached maximum eclipse, it appeared. Excellent timing! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/14 "2014-10-08T11:23:39Z")
Here in Japan, watching from my balcony, with my jammies on and a cocktail in my hand. Pretty sweet, not gonna lie. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/15 "2014-10-08T11:25:46Z")
Beautiful clear morning here. Got up early, started the coffee, and went outside to take a look. Too bad we have so many neighbors that keep their front lights on all night. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/16 "2014-10-08T11:31:17Z")
Totality is now over, and the moon has disappeared behind the clouds again. But not before we got a good view of the red tinge. Bed time! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/17 "2014-10-08T11:44:33Z")
The clouds have broken up a bit and I just got a good view of the moon; it still has a bit of red-orange hue to it. At least I got to see something, even if it is past its peak. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/18 "2014-10-08T12:41:23Z")
Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/19 "2014-10-08T13:00:10Z")
I happened to be driving a friend to the airport early this morning and caught the very beginnings of it. Then I went back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699/20 "2014-10-08T13:05:10Z")
Had a clear view of the red moon just above the horizon this morning. Wife and kids were up and around, so I excitedly got them all outside to look at it. Their reaction: “yeah. Uh, wow.” … And back inside in two seconds. Don’t think either of my boys are future astronomers. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699.md?page=2)