Rare Lunar Eclipse TONIGHT

[Kaybeelon]

Skywatchers will be treated to a rare lunar eclipse tonight as the moon rises in the Earth's shadow.

If it's a cloudless night, viewers will see the moon turn blood red for 100 minutes as soon as it rises after sunset. It will be the longest total lunar eclipse for 12 years.

The dramatic event will be visible from across the UK, except northern Scotland, with the show beginning for Londoners at around 9.13pm.

It will begin at 6.24pm and end at midnight, but as sunset is at 9.19pm in the UK, we will miss the early stages, according to Nasa.

However, night owls in east Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia will see the whole event.

The Sydney Observatory says the eclipse will begin at 3.25am and last until after 5am.

Scientists say the eclipse can be safely observed with the naked eye.

During a total eclipse, the Earth and sun line-up and our planet casts a shadow across the moon.

Sunlight that has passed through the Earth's atmosphere makes the moon appear red, brown or black.

The moon changes colour because blue light - and other short wavelengths - scatter more in the Earth's atmosphere, with more red light getting through

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[valda]

watching it on the net, I may go and have a look out the bedroom window in a minute

[canadian_turtle]

Didn't see anything, was too cloudy

[valda]

http://eclipse.slooh.com/

[Kaybeelon]

Did anyone manage to see anything anywhere in the UK?

[Beate]

Is that why everyone was stark raving mad tonight? The Transport Police said it felt more like a Friday night tonight! I saw some women walking around barefeet, and while I was showing the officer where the attack had happened, a drunken guy tried to make off with his police hat!

[Celini]

bloody clouds!
did anybody notice that the Google homepage had an eclipse doodle DURING the eclipse, updating in (near) real time?

[TheDude]

Would have been nice to see it, but way too cloudy in London last night.

[canadian_turtle]

bloody clouds!
did anybody notice that the Google homepage had an eclipse doodle DURING the eclipse, updating in (near) real time?

I didn't, damnit. At least I would've seen something then

Thanks for the link Valda, I had a look at that last night, but it just wasn't the seeing as seeing it for real.

[havingascreen]

forgot this was happening as working late last night so only had energy to watch The Apprentice and Desperate Housewives. Was probably too cloudy up here anyway