Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon tonight!

[happystuff]

Easy google for more information. It's a bit after I get home from work tonight, but I'm planning on watching!

[catherine]

Looks like 3am for me in the East is when the maximum effect will be apparent. I hope it won't be cloudy. When DH has the heat on and the bedroom is too hot for me I escape to my office/2nd bedroom. The bed is placed under a very tall window so that when the shade is up it's like sleeping in a planetarium. I love it!! So maybe I'll make a point to sleep there tonight and set my alarm for 2am-ish.

Thanks for the reminder, happystuff!

[KayLR]

That sounds lovely, Catherine. We have heavy cloud cover here and I'm not sure it will clear out by then. Our usual luck for celestial scenes.

[happystuff]

Got to see it - beautiful! Since it occurred today, the 14th, I'm claiming it as a personal birthday gift! :laff:

Plus, it is my LAST day of physical work (on vacation the rest of the month).

And, finally, HAPPY PI DAY!!!!

Wishing everyone a wonderful day!

[catherine]

OMG!!!! What an auspicious time for a blood moon! Birthday + last day of work for the rest of your life!!!!

Congratulations, happystuff! May you have a wonderfully fun and fulfilling retirement! And happy birthday!

[Rogar]

I coincidentally woke up at 1 AM, which was the right time here, but it was cloudy. And Happy Birthday!

[Alan]

My bladder woke me up at just the right time to see it this morning. At about 2:40am Eastern time I stepped out on the deck and saw the blood moon at the point where there was just a small sliver of light visible at the top, which made for a very satisfying contrast.

[frugal-one]

Woohoo! Happy Birthday and retirement! Thrilled for you, Happystuff!

[rosarugosa]

Wow Happystuff! Happy Birthday and Happy Retirement! So much Happiness!!!!

[happystuff]

Thanks again, everyone. I'm glad others got to see it. And the moon last night was still big, bright and beautiful.

[early morning]

Happy birthday belatedly, Happystuff. Everyone else, beware today!! :0!

Got to see most of the eclipse, very cool. It was really clear here, so easily visible. Fun shadows. DD amplified some weed shadows with her cellphone and freaked our not-so-bright outside orange menace, keeping us entertained during the slow show. Too tired to stay out for the unveiling, as I had to be somewhere at 8 AM and was going to be gone all day (no naps, boo!)