Tonight (14/04/2021) Lunar Eclipse

Had not been told about this. No mention, can't see anything online.

It was a deep eclipse too viewed from South Co. Clare.

SOPHIE THE DOG

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Had not been told about this. No mention, can't see anything online.

It was a deep eclipse too viewed from South Co. Clare.

No there wasn't
You will have to wait until 16 May 2022

SOPHIE THE DOG

SOPHIE THE DOG wrote: »

No there wasn't
You will have to wait until 16 May 2022

That's the thing. There was... unless something very strange was going on. Three of us saw it. I'll upload a picture of it when I open my PC. Would bet my life on it.

This is the pic I took simply because I'd heard nothing about it.

Calculator123

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This is the pic I took simply because I'd heard nothing about it.

It's a crescent moon. Read about moon phases here. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-phases/en/

Rinse and repeat on an almost monthly basis.

An eclipse is altogether different.

Calculator123

Calculator123 wrote: »

It's a crescent moon. Read about moon phases here. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-phases/en/

Rinse and repeat on an almost monthly basis.

An eclipse is altogether different.

Morto. That's it.

athlone573

Calculator123 wrote: »

It's a crescent moon. Read about moon phases here. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-phases/en/

Rinse and repeat on an almost monthly basis.

An eclipse is altogether different.

You learn something new every day...

Apparently there are between 2 and 5 eclipses every year somewhere on Earth

Time and date. Com has a reasonably usable list.

iLikeWaffles

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Had not been told about this. No mention, can't see anything online.

It was a deep eclipse too viewed from South Co. Clare.

Think you might have heard Chinese Whispers :pac:

iLikeWaffles

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Think you might have heard Chinese Whispers :pac:

Okay, at least I've not made the most embarrassing comment on this thread! :pac::P*














































* yeah, I know I still have.

ps200306

Nothing to be embarrassed about. In fairness, it looks like there's a fair bit of earthshine visible in your picture, which can look sort of like an eclipse (with a somewhat wrong-shaped shadow). It's more obvious when the Moon is low to the horizon, within a few days of new Moon, and apparently also at this time of year. Indeed, timeanddate.com gives your "eclipse" date as among the best times for seeing earthshine in 2021. Example from timeanddate.com:

iLikeWaffles

There's a supermoon this monday brace yourself for all the talk about it in the media.

ps200306

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

There's a supermoon this monday brace yourself for all the talk about it in the media.

Yep, accompanied by long lens photos of tiny people silhouetted against a gargantuan moon.