{"id":61,"date":"2008-02-19T06:30:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2008-09-30T19:19:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:19:44","slug":"total-lunar-eclipse-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/total-lunar-eclipse-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Lunar Eclipse Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LunarThe Western Hemisphere will be given a bit of an astronomical treat Wednesday with a total lunar eclipse.\u00a0 A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the moon passes through some portion of the Earth\u2019s shadow – basically when the Earth is between the moon and the sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best up all for those of us in the Rocky Mountain area, the eclipse will occur at a good time for watching (see below).\u00a0 For more information, please see the table below for viewing times and the links for more information.<\/p>\n

Update, 2\/20\/08 @ 10:30am – Unfortunately it appears cloud cover in the Denver metro area may inhibit the ability to see the eclipse.\u00a0 It is worth trying to get a glimpse though.<\/p>\n

NASA Website About Tonight’s Eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n

Wikipedia – Lunar Eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n

AFP News Story – How an Eclipse Saved Columbus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Total Lunar Eclipse of February 20, 2008<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nNorth America<\/th>\nOther<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/th>\nEST<\/th>\nCST<\/th>\nMST<\/th>\nPST<\/th>\nAST<\/th>\nGMT<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Partial Eclipse Begins:<\/td>\n08:43 pm<\/td>\n07:43 pm<\/td>\n06:43 pm<\/td>\n05:43 pm<\/td>\n04:43 pm<\/td>\n01:43 am*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Eclipse Begins:<\/td>\n10:01 pm<\/td>\n09:01 pm<\/td>\n08:01 pm<\/td>\n07:01 pm<\/td>\n06:01 pm<\/td>\n03:01 am*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-Eclipse:<\/td>\n10:26 pm<\/td>\n09:26 pm<\/td>\n08:26 pm<\/td>\n07:26 pm<\/td>\n06:26 pm<\/td>\n03:26 am*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Eclipse Ends:<\/td>\n10:51 pm<\/td>\n09:51 pm<\/td>\n08:51 pm<\/td>\n07:51 pm<\/td>\n06:51 pm<\/td>\n03:51 am*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partial Eclipse Ends:<\/td>\n12:09 am*<\/td>\n11:09 pm<\/td>\n10:09 pm<\/td>\n09:09 pm<\/td>\n08:09 pm<\/td>\n05:09 am*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

* Event occurs on morning of February 21, 2008<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Western Hemisphere will be given a bit of an astronomical treat Wednesday with a total lunar eclipse.\u00a0 A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the moon passes through some portion of the Earth\u2019s shadow – basically when the Earth is between the moon and the sun.\u00a0 Best up all for those of us in the Rocky … Continue reading Total Lunar Eclipse Wednesday<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}