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Offline Libertas

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Super Moon tonight
« on: January 20, 2019, 11:11:40 AM »
Y'all can go out side and check it out...

https://apnews.com/ae6d44cc5305425b86eed6b8a33339eb

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2019Jan21T.pdf

If I am doing my UT conversion right...peak is about 11pm tonight CT (-6UT).

...I'll look from the dang window...it's stupid cold here.

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Re: Super Moon tonight
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2019, 01:30:42 PM »
It will be stupid cold -- for here -- tonight, teen-temperatures expected.
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Re: Super Moon tonight
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2019, 07:54:44 AM »
Caught a quick glimpse before bed, swell.  Got up early as normal, had to pick up my father for some outpatient cataract surgery, one whole degree this morning... now a balmy 3.
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Re: Super Moon tonight
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2019, 05:22:58 PM »
  I went out late last night it was cold as hell but interesting to see.  I think I was out there long enough to smoke half a cigarette and flew back inside.
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Re: Super Moon tonight
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2019, 07:12:10 AM »
I think your overnight temps are above freezing now...which should take some of the sting out of going outside...

But no more lunar eclipse until a penumbral on July 5th visible mostly in eastern half of US and a full on May 26th 2021 most in the states can see.  There will be a total on May 16th 2022 for the eastern US and another one like that on November 8th 2022.

And as far as daylight action we don't get a sniff of a solar eclipse until an annular on October 14th 2023 for the western US and a partial for the rest of the country and a total eclipse on April 8th 2024 for the central US and a partial for the country.  I'm really looking forward to this latter one!

On the night of the 30th the conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter occurs...23:54 (UTC) which for you should be just before dawn at 4:02 looking SE 27 degrees from the horizon (more than thumb-pinky spread-see below) so you should be able to finish a whole one at that time.



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« Last Edit: January 23, 2019, 07:25:35 AM by Libertas »
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