Lunar Eclipse tonight

[Drifter]

 

[Ernest Himself]

Thanks I will stay up and have a look.

8pm UTC time = 10pm South African time.

 

[Hamster]

Ooooh, nice!

 

[Gordon_R]

A partial lunar eclipse is really a minor event. Worth looking if you've never seen one before, but otherwise they are really not exciting.

 

[Agent_Smith]

A partial lunar eclipse is really a minor event. Worth looking if you've never seen one before, but otherwise they are really not exciting.

Not if you're Bonnie Tyler apparently...

 

[Gordon_R]

Not if you're Bonnie Tyler apparently...

That was a total eclipse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Eclipse_of_the_Heart

 

[Drifter]

A partial lunar eclipse is really a minor event. Worth looking if you've never seen one before, but otherwise they are really not exciting.

True, but next one is only in 2021

 

[Gordon_R]

True, but next one is only in 2021

You must be very young if you have never seen a lunar eclipse before (joke).

Edit: The July 2018 one was quite impressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2018_lunar_eclipse

 

[Gordon_R]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48999117

Apollo 11: Partial lunar eclipse on 50th anniversary

Lots of photos from around the world.