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A PARTIAL ECLIPSE of the moon will be visible tomorrow morning as the sun rises and the moon sets.
About two thirds of the moon will disappear into the Earth’s shadow.
Astronomy Ireland has advised that it will happen as dawn breaks, and people should look West.
It says the first so-called “bite” will be taken out of the moon around 45 minutes before sunrise, at 07.18am
This is the first lunar eclipse to be visible in Ireland since July 2019, and the next one won’t come around until May 2022.
Unlike a solar eclipse, when we’re watching the sun get obscured by the moon, the lunar eclipse is totally safe to look at with your eyes.
Total vs. Partial
A lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and the Moon are aligned with the Earth in the middle.
When they are aligned exactly, the Moon is entirely within the Earth’s shadow.
This results in total darkening of the Moon’s surface and is called a total lunar eclipse.
When the Moon is only partially within the Earth’s shadow part of its surface appears darker, hence a partial lunar eclipse.
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Can’t wait. I hope the sky is clear enough to see it. It’ll start my day nicely.
The end is nigh! Woe, woe and thrice woe!
@David Van-Standen: the moon is wonderful. Try and see it. Feel the energy.
@David Van-Standen: Well there’s no doubting it’ll be a fraught time for Happiness Stan in his small Victoriana charabanc…
@William Tallon: Is this the parallel universe thing again?
@Vonvonic: Absolutely…
@William Tallon: I was pondering what you were talking about yesterday. Just because it was in this universe doesn’t mean that it wasn’t in countless parallel universes right up to somewhere just short of infinity…. Not all of them though. So to say that it was “a” parallel universe was probably correct technically.
@Vonvonic: On a lighter but parallel note – ‘I recently forced myself to read a book on quantum physics, just to try and learn something new. I was confused by the middle of the first sentence and it all went downhill from there. The only thing I can remember learning is that a parallel universe can theoretically be contained on the head of a needle. I don’t really know what that means, but I am now more careful handling needles…’ Stephan Pastis, American Cartoonist.
@William Tallon: Ha! I think parallel universes were thought up by theoretical physicists because the idea that this is IT, we got here randomly and we understand almost nothing outside of that, is too much to handle. It’s easier to think that everything that could happen had and is happening. Time for my chamomile tea.
I’ve never come across a bigger shower of whingers!
People are always making a big deal about the moon. There are way better things.
@Vonvonic: how can you say that? It’s magical, mystical and controls the tides and some people’s behaviours. It’s so wonderful. Go outside and breathe it all in, my friend.
@Vonvonic: name some ?
@Homes: Choc Ices. Dolphins. Socks.
@Vonvonic: very intelligent.. thanks
@Vonvonic: yours is possibly the worst comment I’ve ever seen on the internet.
@Vonvonic: No one said we couldn’t get up early and watch the eclipse while eating a choc ice while wearing socks with dolphins on them.
Journal your starting to annoy me how is its going to be a cloudy night a Dublicate comment
@Mick Dunne: If it makes you feel any better, the sequel to the movie “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” is mooted to be made in Ireland. The current working title for it is “Cloudy With A Chance Of More Clouds”. (Smiley Face)
@Mick Dunne: The journal ap is like an aul French car; rickety as f@$k.
@Mick Dunne: Are you from Dublin? Either that or it’s because you’ve posted pretty much the same thing three times…
It will be too cloudy in the morning
@Mick Dunne: I got a cracker of a photo just there, the forecast is never definitive!
@Mick Dunne: Depends on where you are. Knowing my luck, the Liffey will rise to blot out the sky as usual, but I’m hoping to see some of the eclipse between clouds.
The forecast is for a cloudy night
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