Aug 26
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.
