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27 Sep 2015, 4:22 pm

You may be surprised by what you see. The moon will be bloody super!



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27 Sep 2015, 5:10 pm

I do intend on watching the "Supermoon" when I get home. It should be a sight to see. :)


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27 Sep 2015, 5:11 pm

Will there be an Earth-shattering "ka-BOOM"?



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27 Sep 2015, 5:29 pm

I really want to see it, I just hope I don't fall asleep.



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27 Sep 2015, 5:32 pm

Fortune cookie I got a few days ago: Next full moon brings an enchanting evening
It must be true! :D :roll:



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27 Sep 2015, 5:58 pm

Glad for the reminder about this, I'd forgotten.

Fnord wrote:
Will there be an Earth-shattering "ka-BOOM"?

No.



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27 Sep 2015, 6:36 pm

Doubt I'll get to see it, the moon has been hanging low in early evening and I'm surrounded by mountains.



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27 Sep 2015, 6:42 pm

A blood moon? Never seen one before!


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27 Sep 2015, 6:51 pm

How long will I have to stay up for to see it turn red? :?



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27 Sep 2015, 7:19 pm

iliketrees wrote:
How long will I have to stay up for to see it turn red? :?

36 hours with no food and water, that'll make it all turn red.



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27 Sep 2015, 7:30 pm

What? It is tonight isn't it?



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27 Sep 2015, 7:33 pm

Yup!


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27 Sep 2015, 7:33 pm

The eclipse will be at maximum totality on September 28, at 02:47:09 AM UJT. That's September 27, at 18:47:09 PM PST.

Total time from first shadow to last shadow will be 1 hour and 12 minutes.



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27 Sep 2015, 7:37 pm

Thanks Fnord. :)

Anyone seeing anything yet? The moon is still white and whole at the moment from what I can see.



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27 Sep 2015, 7:38 pm

In exactly 30 minutes from now the eclipse starts


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27 Sep 2015, 8:11 pm

Holy f**k theres a blue aureola surrounding the moon its really weird.


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