Posted on 10/27/2004 1:08:22 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
PARIS (AFP) Oct 25, 2004
A total eclipse of the Moon will occur overnight Wednesday, an event that can turn Earth's satellite to a colourful shade ranging from deep red to dark brown and sometimes an existential grey.
The phenomenon will be visible from North and South America, when it will be late Wednesday, as well as Europe and Africa, when it will be early Thursday, and Antarctica, astronomers said Monday.
According to the US magazine Sky and Telescope, the eclipse will occur during Game 4 of baseball's World Series, when the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to meet in Missouri.
"This is the first time a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from a major league ballpark during a World Series game, and such a coincidence is not likely to happen again until the second half of this century," it said, quoting US astronomer Joe Rao.
Total lunar eclipses occur when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon are all in alignment and the Moon travels into the broad cone of shadow cast by the Earth.
The Moon does not become invisible as there is still residual sunlight, deflected towards it by the Earth's atmosphere.
Most of this light is in the red part of the spectrum, and it is this which can cause the Moon to look so dramatically different for a brief while.
According to calculations made by NASA's veteran eclipse-watcher Fred Espenak, the partial eclipse will begin at 0114 GMT, when the terrestrial shadow will appear to crawl across the lunar face.
Total eclipse will be from 0223 to 0304 GMT. The end of the partial eclipse, when Moon emerges from the shadow, will be at 0454 GMT.
Total lunar eclipses occur roughly every couple of years.
They are quite different from total solar eclipses, which happen when the Moon crosses between the Earth and the Sun. The next total solar eclipse will take place on March 29, 2006, visible on a path extending eastwards from Brazil to western Mongolia.
Further details on these eclipses and information on eclipses in general can be found on Espenak's website, (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html).
Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Howwwwwwwwwwwwwwllllll Ping.
Too bad almost the whole frickin U.S. will be under cloud cover. It's a plot....
LOL, it sure seems like it.
So the Red Sox will attempt to break the curse under a dark, red moon.
Isn't that mentioned in the Bible as one of the signs of the second coming? The Red Sox curse broken under a blood red moon?
And how many violent attacks by 'Rats on GOP campaign offices will occur during it ?
So what does GMT convert to? I need a time for Central Time.
It'll be cloudy here in Mpls. Won't be able to see it.
Keep on eye on the earthquake activity!
It's Bush's fault !!!!! If Kerry had been president the moon would not turn red tonight !
No, that will be when
the Cubs are in game seven
against the White Sox . . .
Subtract six hours. Hence 03:00 GMT is 21:00 Central, or 9PM.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Current time Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at 9:17:15 AM CDT
UTC/GMT Offset Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -6 hours
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT -5 hours
Time zone abbreviation: CDT - Central Daylight Time
I just looked it up:
Joe 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Act 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
But surely this isn't the first time we've had a red moon?
Forgot to add the hour for Daylight Savings Time. Currently -5 hours for Central time zone, that will go to -6 with the clock change on Halloween.
Orange?
It begins 9:14 pm eastern. Totality from 10:23-11:45. Then emerging and ending at 12:54 am Thursday.
Orange? Yes, perhaps. A nice tanned orange color. Although I think yellow would better coordinate with the stripe down his spineless back.
Red Sox, red moon, and Cardinals. Everything's coming up red ping.
Red
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