Arizonans won't see the full lunar eclipse scheduled for Saturday because it reaches totality around 4:20 p.m. here, two hours before the sun will set.
Ah well. We'll just have to wait for August 27th.
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Arizonans won't see the full lunar eclipse scheduled for Saturday because it reaches totality around 4:20 p.m. here, two hours before the sun will set.
Ah well. We'll just have to wait for August 27th.
I guess Arizona just isn't privileged enough on this planet. Have you called Gonzalez to see if he can fix it?
Lol!
Too bad - I could have taken a picture of it from Kitt Peak. But I guess they frown on you using the big scopes for that purpose - what with burning out the chip and all.
Just a slight clarification:
Unless you have in mind that (1) a full moon only rises when the sun sets (and sets when the sun rises), and (2) that lunar eclipses only occur when the phase is full, there's a causal connection that's obscured (eclipsed?) in saying that Arizonans "won't see the lunar eclipse because it will occur two hours before the sun sets."
To be clear: the reason Arizonans won't see this lunar eclipse is because the eclipse (the Moon passing into the Earth's shadow) will have occurred before the moon rises, as seen from Arizona.
This I say for the benefit of those sensorially deprived souls who have never seemed to observed that the moon is regularly visible in broad daylight (in fact the only phases for which this is not the case is the few days of the month when the moon's phase is full, near full, or new).
Happy observing,
D. Peltz
Monarch Beach, CA