diff --git a/content/blog/2022/11/lunar-eclipse.md b/content/blog/2022/11/lunar-eclipse.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2c70af --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022/11/lunar-eclipse.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: "Lunar Eclipse 🌝" +date: 2022-11-07T08:37:45-08:00 +draft: true +categories: Space +tags: [Moon, Lunar Eclipse] +--- + +I shouldn't be surprised (but I am) that the lunar eclipse happening tomorrow +morning has [its own Wikipedia page][wp]. It won't be visible at all from most +of Europe and Africa, but it will be from most of North America, and on the west +coast of North America, we'll be able to see it all. Yay! + +All the times on that page are in UTC. Here are some handy conversions (in 24-hr +form) to PST for those of us on the US west coast: + +| Contact | Time (PST) | +|:--------:|:----------:| +| P1 | 00:02 | +| U1 | 01:09 | +| U2 | 02:16 | +| Max | 02:59 | +| U3 | 03:41 | +| U4 | 04:49 | +| P4 | 04:56 | + +If these times make no sense to you, the eclipse starts at roughly midnight +tonight, the total eclipse is between 02:16 and 03:41, and it ends at 04:56. + +More information about contact points for lunar eclipses can be found in the +Timing section on the Wikipedia page for [Lunar Eclipse][wp-le]. + +[wp]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2022_lunar_eclipse +[wp-le]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#Timing