[HN Gopher] Total Eclipse of the Moon: 2022 May 16
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Total Eclipse of the Moon: 2022 May 16
Author : perihelions
Score : 144 points
Date : 2022-05-15 18:35 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (astro.ukho.gov.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (astro.ukho.gov.uk)
| acqbu wrote:
| anyfoo wrote:
| Such quips aren't well received on HN (for good reason
| unfortunately, look at Reddit), so let me instead entirely
| seriously state that I was not able to read that title without
| having that Bonnie Tyler song stuck in me head. That happened
| multiple times today.
| nvader wrote:
| So, would you say every now and then?
| fareesh wrote:
| Turn around...
| jph wrote:
| NASA has a good map of places and times to see the eclipse.
|
| https://moon.nasa.gov/news/172/what-you-need-to-know-about-t...
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| They're also streaming it.
|
| https://youtu.be/vGIaEIICIcs
| [deleted]
| NickNaraghi wrote:
| Maximum eclipse at 4:11 UTC (11:11pm ET)
|
| Full time details here:
| https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-may-16
| aoeusnth1 wrote:
| 4:11 UTC should be 12:11am ET.
| thombat wrote:
| An easier to interpret description:
| https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-may-16
|
| which given your location tells you what to expect. For me the
| news is bleak: full eclipse begins at 05:23 local time, and
| sunrise is just 4 minutes later, so the darkening of the moon's
| face probably won't register against the rapidly brightening sky.
| But the site overall is a go-to for easily digested information
| on all things daylight.
| oneepic wrote:
| Ironically, the website is called "timeanddate" and I'm still
| confused by the times on this site. Perhaps I'm reading it
| wrong... let me know. Right now it's 12:53 PST, and the
| countdown says it's about 5hr 38 mins to go until the eclipse
| begins, but then if you click the Seattle link on that page [1]
| it says it actually begins at 8:34 pm PST. On top of that, it
| shows the maximum at 9:11 pm PST.
|
| In short, maybe the countdown is 3 hours off? And it's trying
| to communicate the time left until the maximum?
|
| [1] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/seattle
| perihelions wrote:
| From further down on your link:
|
| - _" 6:32 pm: Penumbral Eclipse begins / Below horizon"_
|
| - _" 8:29 pm: Total Eclipse begins / Below horizon"_
|
| - _" 8:34 pm: Moonrise / Rising, but the combination of a
| very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon
| so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon
| gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends."_
| reaperducer wrote:
| _Right now it 's 12:53 PST_
|
| I think you mean PDT. Which may or may not account for some
| of the miscalculation.
| sowbug wrote:
| People should give up on specifying the S or D in casual
| timezone references. Simply writing "12:53 Pacific" usually
| gets the point across. Incorrect usage of S during D times
| of year is far more common than the rare case where the
| indicator matters.
| weberer wrote:
| >darkening of the moon's face probably won't register against
| the rapidly brightening sky
|
| Full moons are always directly opposite the sun. You'd be more
| concerned about it disappearing beyond the horizon.
| dahart wrote:
| How amazing is timeanddate.com? I freaking love this site so
| much. Somehow it always seems surprising to me, maybe because
| of the colors or slightly cartoony look or something, I can't
| quite put my finger on it. But the content is so consistently
| top notch, clearly made by people who care.
| SemanticStrengh wrote:
| It's a total eclipse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk
| akavi wrote:
| As good a time as any to remind everyone there'll be a total
| solar traversing the US in 2024[0].
|
| [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024
| DoreenMichele wrote:
| A lot of years ago, I watched a total eclipse of the moon from
| the parking lot of my husband's place of employment. My husband,
| our kids and some of his coworkers attended as well.
|
| The moon turned red at some point. It was a pretty eerie
| experience.
|
| If you can do so at least once in your life, I recommend it.
|
| Total eclipses aren't all that common. Eclipses occur every six
| months, usually in pairs (one solar, one lunar, two weeks apart),
| but most are partial eclipses.
| dom96 wrote:
| Even though this is from gov.uk it doesn't seem the UK gets this
| fully? Feels like eclipses are always disappointing in the UK
| layer8 wrote:
| The maximum of the eclipse is below the horizon in UK/Europe,
| unfortunately.
| dr_dshiv wrote:
| But how tall of a tower do you seen to see it?
| sp332 wrote:
| Oh so that's why we're having thunderstorms the next couple days
| :(
| DoreenMichele wrote:
| _Oh so that 's why we're having thunderstorms the next couple
| days :(_
|
| I've done a bit of searching and can find nothing that
| corroborates your statement. If you could link me to a study or
| other data source showing a correlation between lunar eclipses
| and specific weather events, I would be interested.
|
| Edit: As noted in a different comment, solar eclipses do impact
| weather:
| https://weather.com/science/space/news/2019-06-28-solar-ecli...
| the_oh_of_ples wrote:
| I think the OP was bemoaning the fact that the thunderstorms
| will prevent them from seeing the eclipse.
| russdill wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law
| layer8 wrote:
| It's a lunar eclipse, not a solar eclipse (which does affect
| weather to some degree).
| Linda703 wrote:
| CalChris wrote:
| Moonrise isn't until 8:04pm YC time. But the eclipse itself will
| have already begun at 6:32 pm. The eclipse is today YC time but
| tomorrow GMT.
| 12ian34 wrote:
| did pg get his own timezone now?
| layer8 wrote:
| Well, there's PGT. ;)
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