Can You Stay Awake for the Lunar Eclipse?

August 26, 2007 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Odds and Ends

There’s a total lunar eclipse that can be seen in the wee hours Tuesday morning on August 28th. Here’s the timeline:

roughly 1:00am Tuesday Morning: The darkening phase begins
1:51am – the moon enters the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow, becoming progressively darker
2:52am – the moon is fully eclipsed
4.22am – the moon starts to leave the full eclipse

One of my favorite sites is Heavens Above, which will give you schedules for fly-overs of various satellites, the International Space Station, and Iridium flares based on your location. I remember often sitting with my husband in the backyard with a list of the satellites and other objects flying over that night, having contests for who could spot the objects first. Not a bad way to spend an evening, methinks.

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