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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:34 PM Apr 2013

Full Moon Rises with Lunar Eclipse & Saturn Today:

http://www.space.com/20821-full-moon-lunar-eclipse-saturn.html

When the moon passes through Earth's shadow today (April 25), it will be at its biggest and brightest for the month and shine near Saturn, too.

In a cosmic coincidence, the April full moon coincides with the first lunar eclipse of 2013 today, which will be primarily visible from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa and Western Australia. But if you don't live in those locations, you can still watch the lunar eclipse live on SPACE.com beginning at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) today, courtesy of two free webcasts.

Today's partial lunar eclipse will begin at 2:04 p.m. EDT (1804 GMT) and will take about two hours to reach its period of maximum eclipse. The moon will be only partially obscured by the Earth's shadow for this eclipse, so will not be as impressive as a dazzling total lunar eclipse. [How to watch the April 25 lunar eclipse]
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Full Moon Rises with Lunar Eclipse & Saturn Today: (Original Post) G_j Apr 2013 OP
Cool! Thanks for the notification. dballance Apr 2013 #1
A lunar eclipse is *always* a full moon. longship Apr 2013 #2
precisely, exactly correct! DLnyc Apr 2013 #4
Yeah, I hung up on that as well. No coincidence at all. Brickbat Apr 2013 #5
Spooky Moon Eclipse marks DeadICKation of AWOL Skull & Boner Boy's Lie-brary Berlum Apr 2013 #3
 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
1. Cool! Thanks for the notification.
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:37 PM
Apr 2013

Too bad I don't live where it's visible. Might still drag out the camera for night time pics of the full moon. I'm not good at those at all so I need practice.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. A lunar eclipse is *always* a full moon.
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:42 PM
Apr 2013

Just pointing that out. It's the geometry of the thing.

So it's not that much of a coincidence.

R&K

DLnyc

(2,479 posts)
4. precisely, exactly correct!
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 03:03 PM
Apr 2013

Makes for a fun headline, but just before and just after the moon crosses through the shadow of the Earth it has, necessarily, its full sunlit face pointing at that Earth. Sort of like the way your face would be lit from the front, not the side, when you watch the Sun set.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
3. Spooky Moon Eclipse marks DeadICKation of AWOL Skull & Boner Boy's Lie-brary
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:44 PM
Apr 2013

Pure coincidence, or typical Republican Occultist SkullDuggEry? We report. You dee side.

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