Rab’s World

Ahhh! Another celestial event. I got addicted to these when I was 7 years old. I’m a sucker for Leonids; Perseids; Geminids and eclipses! This Lunar eclipse is taking place on an extremely clear …. and COLD night. So it’s no fun to kick back in the lawn chair and watch. According to my GPS coordinates @ - 5 hours GMT; this is how this TOTAL Luna eclipse will progress. Credit goes to the The US Navy for having a site to allow people to get times of phases.

     Moon’s                                           Azimuth   Altitude

                                     h  m            o        o

Moonrise               2008 Feb 20  17:18          74.4     —-

Moon enters penumbra   2008 Feb 20  19:34.9       96.7     23.5

Moon enters umbra      2008 Feb 20  20:43.0       109.6     35.4

Moon enters totality   2008 Feb 20  22:00.5       128.6     47.6

Middle of eclipse      2008 Feb 20  22:26.0       136.5     51.0

Moon leaves totality   2008 Feb 20  22:51.5       145.4     53.9

Moon leaves umbra      2008 Feb 21  00:09.1       178.4     58.1

Moon leaves penumbra   2008 Feb 21  01:17.2       208.0     54.9

Moonset                2008 Feb 21  06:54          281.1     —-