Blood Moon Monday Morning 21st January at 515am

pauldry · 18-01-2019 8:09pm #1

For all this is not to be missed as wont happen for 11 more years

Think theres a lunar eclipse to boot but dont quote me on this.

Weather : Clear and Frosty

tartetatin · 18-01-2019 8:20pm

Thanks for this Pauldry. I’ll set my alarm.

4068ac1elhodqr · 18-01-2019 8:30pm

'Super Blood Wolf Moon' 266 (W), 28 Alt.

14% larger, and 30% brighter than normal. Centered over the Americas (esp. 'DC and the East side), but also visable from far NW of Europe.

From the book of Billy Joel, or Revelations, or something:
“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;”

At 05:15, it going to be cold, very cold for sure.

Artane2002 · 18-01-2019 8:48pm

Reminds me of the July 2018 lunar eclipse. I saw that from Turkey by total chance. Of course though it clouded over as soon as I noticed the moon went red and we had a weak thunderstorm.

button_smith · 20-01-2019 4:39pm

Hi all, i was wondering what conditions cause a 'blood' moon ?

jArgHA · 20-01-2019 4:56pm

button_smith wrote: »

Hi all, i was wondering what conditions cause a 'blood' moon ?

As far as I know it is a similar effect to when we see the moon or sun near the horizon. At these times the moon and sun appear redder, than when they are high in the sky. The light that reaches our eyes at these times (when sun/moon is close to horizon) has passed through a much thicker layer of the earth's atmosphere than when we see it high up in the sky.

During a total lunar eclipse, such as early tomorrow morning the moon is entirely in the earth's shadow (for roughly an hour or so). Some light can bend however around the edge of the earth and still reach the moon, and the light which does this is similar to the light we see when the moon / sun is close to horizon (and thus makes it appear reddish in colour).

During past total lunar eclipses I usually noticed that there are different shades to the red/orange during 'totality' (the one hour or so when the moon is full in the earth's shadow). A lighter orange will usually be at the top of the moon and deeper orange / red colour towards the bottom of the moon.

button_smith · 20-01-2019 6:12pm

So it's the frequency of the refracted light hitting the moon...cool, thanks jArgHA. I can't wait to tell the kids when i wake them at 5 ha.

squarecircles · 20-01-2019 8:53pm

moon this evening
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98324789@N06/39852147493/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98324789@N06/45902396775/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

dory · 20-01-2019 9:40pm

According to YR.no weather app it's going to be 100% cloud cover in Cork at that time. Guess there's no point in setting the alarm.

jArgHA · 20-01-2019 10:16pm

dory wrote: »

According to YR.no weather app it's going to be 100% cloud cover in Cork at that time. Guess there's no point in setting the alarm.

Don't trust Yr.no, it is well worth seeing this and setting the alarm - if there is cloud so be it but at least you won't miss it if it does remain clear

pauldry · 20-01-2019 11:12pm

Cloudy in Sligo now.

Hope it clears off later. I see a clear slot before the more general cloud on sat24

So little frost so far this Winter. Grass is pure green. Trying to remember the last time the sky was clear for a prolonged period. I think it was early December.

Snowbiee21 · 21-01-2019 12:38am

What time is good to set the alarms

M.T. Cranium · 21-01-2019 12:43am

0430 to be outside by 0450 -- but totality lasts until after 0530 if you sleep in. Also cloud may be increasing to obscure the view later in the totality period. My reference book gives 0517h as the absolute central point of the totality. Look west-south-west and reasonably high up still. If you want to see the opening partial phases those will become apparent between 0345 and 0400h.

jArgHA · 21-01-2019 12:44am

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

What time is good to set the alarms

If you want to catch some of the partial eclipse and some of the total eclipse either (a) at 4.20am to catch start of totality at 4.40, or else at 5.20am to catch end of totality which occurs at 5.40ish.. It's not going to be balmy out there

dar_cool · 21-01-2019 12:59am

Crystal clear here in Westmeath. Moon is bright white so have alarm set for around 5.

weatherfiend · 21-01-2019 1:35am

dar_cool wrote: »

Crystal clear here in Westmeath. Moon is bright white so have alarm set for around 5.

Here too in Sandyford D18. Really clear (and cold!!)

MidMan25 · 21-01-2019 4:37am

Fantastic view of it here in Western Canada.

Rougies · 21-01-2019 5:02am

Still crystal clear skies here in Dublin, great view of the partial eclipse so far. Cloud approaching fast looking at satellite though.

Amazingfun · 21-01-2019 5:03am

I am up, having coffee and getting psyched to head outside----brrrrr :P

In the meantime, this is fun:

Sam Quentin · 21-01-2019 5:16am

So clear right now, I'm witnessing an eclipse at least..
Phone cameras are sheeeet(just realised)and don't do what I'm seeing justice..

M.T. Cranium · 21-01-2019 5:45am

Can see it here although broken mid-level cloud obscures the details. Just went total.

RobertKK · 21-01-2019 5:52am

There is some thin high cloud, can see the moon, but have seen much clearer total lunar eclipses in the past.

Ardent · 21-01-2019 5:53am

It's spooky to see the moon disappear like that. Had a reasonable view of the partial eclipse in Kildare but cloud cover obscured things - quite cloudy now and don't think I'll bother staying for totality to end.

rapul · 21-01-2019 6:08am

Good view in Bray for the last hour, really enjoyable on this toasty morning!

donegal_man · 21-01-2019 6:09am

Only reason I didn't mind being on overnight and sky is completely obscured

Amazingfun · 21-01-2019 6:12am

I had a lovely moment in the Phoenix Park just now--myself and four deer watching

It was Crystal clear for a time, I was heading to the Cross for a higher vantage and then cloud came. Plus my hands started to hurt from the cold, so homeagain.
I saw a lot of cars near the Cross, so say a good few are there still.

LushiousLips · 21-01-2019 6:13am

Not very red yet

pad199207 · 21-01-2019 6:15am

Totality cloudy more than totality here in Kildare. Raging.

languagenerd · 21-01-2019 6:18am

Completely obscured by high cloud in Dublin 24 since I got up at 4:50

so annoying because the east side of the sky is clear.

nacho libre · 21-01-2019 6:21am

It was clear up until 3am, just the odd break in the clouds since then, so no proper view of the Eclipse:( Typical!

Pangea · 21-01-2019 6:30am

Now I remember why I never get up in middle of the night for things like this, always a waste of time

Meteorite58 · 21-01-2019 6:31am

Myself and the young fella got to see the eclipse here in kerry a short time ago. Thin veil of cloud but a nice dark red colour. Nice still night, can hear the sea.

ZX7R · 21-01-2019 6:47am

managed too see it, but due too high cloud \ mist ,sadly couldn't make out the redness properly,

pad199207 · 21-01-2019 7:16am

Managed to catch a glimpse of it

hatrickpatrick · 21-01-2019 7:30am

It was on/off in Dun Laoghaire, very misty sort of high cloud but you could see the red during the earlier part of totality, and it cleared up nicely to see the moon re-emerge. As others notes, frustratingly you could see crystal clear skies to the East! Still very much worth watching.

DOCARCH · 21-01-2019 7:31am

Could only just about see where the moon is, through the cloud, in Dublin 16.

languagenerd · 21-01-2019 7:40am

Clouds never got out of the way in D24. It was a lighter cloud by 6:20am so I could make out where the moon was behind them and I think I could see the shadow, like a bite out of the bottom of it, but not clear enough to see the red or any detail. Disappointing, as the forecasts I checked all said clear skies in the east of the country - instead there were clear skies TO the east, while the all-important southwest side was cloudy

I saw a full blood moon in Scotland in Sept 2015 - was amazing to watch, so hope anyone who could see it today enjoyed.

Kutebride · 21-01-2019 8:20am

Yes same all the cloud cover at 605. Saw a glimpse of the moon with the shadow.......but no red glow

Nothing now full cloud cover.

sryanbruen · 21-01-2019 9:19am

Didn’t get a good glimpse of the eclipse due to cloud but the moon was very visible earlier in the night.

https://twitter.com/snowbiewx/status/1087248132080128001?s=21

irishrover99 · 21-01-2019 9:24am

Pangea wrote: »

Now I remember why I never get up in middle of the night for things like this, always a waste of time

I know.
This just in.
Cloudy night in Ireland.

Is anyone really suprised.

21-01-2019 9:28am

Skies were clear all night in the South East up until the time of the actual eclipse when cloud cover spoiled everything

Disappointing especially when reports said it was going to be visible from all over.

irishrover99 · 21-01-2019 9:31am

Their is a beautiful red sky over Dublin now is that is any consolation to anyone.

Lucreto · 21-01-2019 9:34am

I missed it. I didn't want to disturb everyone in the house but I thought I had a good view from a window.

I looked at first and a house was blocking my view. I waited a bit and a tree was in the way. Waited a few more minutes and another house blocked my view.

Giving up went back to bed hoping I would get at least the tail end of the eclipse. Nope clouded over.

kenmc · 21-01-2019 9:49am

Disappointed, got up at silly o'clock, looked like a normal moon obscured by clouds. Promptly returned to bed. D16

CJhaughey · 21-01-2019 1:26pm

Woke at 0440 went out and lo and behold a crisp clear night, no clouds. I could clearly see the reddish tinge to the moon. Unusual as most astronomical events like these are hidden by clouds but this was spectacular.

button_smith · 21-01-2019 1:30pm

it's east Offaly, it is minus 1.1 c, there is mid to high level cloud all over the sky,but seeing the mucky orange ball off into the east coming into obscure focus was....Brill' It was indeed well worth the cold and i hope i'm still around for the next one.

hatrickpatrick · 21-01-2019 2:12pm

The clouds must have been very localised and intermittent, we were able to see a lot of the early part in Dun Laoghaire before the clouds rolled in but others in Dublin are saying they saw basically nothing at all. Got to see it during the red / totality phase which is the important thing! Only thing I'd have liked to have seen was the few minutes where it acutely transitions from its normal colour to red, and the reverse at the other end of the eclipse - as it happened, both of these parts were clouded. What that did mean was that we saw it in red, then it clouded over for 20 minutes or so, and then when the clouds rolled away it had gone back to white with a big chunk missing

Would have been cool to get a video of that, but as most here will know getting decent night sky photos with a phone camera is a complete waste of time.

SmartinMartin · 21-01-2019 2:20pm

Went down to Dollymount at 4.15, fantastic clear view of the eclipse and a beautiful red moon until 5, then all disappeared in cloud. Didn't even get a decent photo as my camera set up didn't work.
****e phone pic. Could have been so much better!

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hatrickpatrick · 21-01-2019 2:44pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Went down to Dollymount at 4.15, fantastic clear view of the eclipse and a beautiful red moon until 5, then all disappeared in cloud.

How long did the colour transition at either end of the totality period actually take? In Dun Laoghaire, cloud cover just happened to coincide with both ends of the totality, so we had white moon -> cloud cover -> red moon -> cloud cover -> white moon again. It was pretty much entirely obscured during the transitions. Was it an abrupt thing like with a solar eclipse, where it's like "sun disappearing, sun disappearing, *BOOM!* corona flares, *BOOM* sun reapparing" or was the colour change more subtle and spaced out?

SmartinMartin · 21-01-2019 4:27pm

It was clear to full eclipse. It went clear moon, gradual very obvious eclipse, at full eclipse the bottom third and left side were red. A man beside me got incredibly detailed close up photos with a 200mm lens. Then the clouds turned up.

Rikand · 21-01-2019 7:25pm

I woke at 5am and said I'd just give myself a minute more to rest in bed before getting up.

I woke at 6:45

Blood Moon Monday Morning 21st January at 515am

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