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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 18 2021, @02:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the mooning dept.

I think this was posted before, but worth repeating since it will come about this Friday.

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056205732/lunar-eclipse-moon-friday-morning-how-to-see

The lunar eclipse will be visible in North America, as well as parts of South America, Polynesia, eastern Australia and northeastern Asia, according to NASA.

Previous Story: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/11/12/1343245


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Don't miss the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century next week:

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century is due to take place next week between Nov. 18 and. 19, and the gorgeous phenomenon will be visible in all 50 U.S. states.

NASA forecasts that the almost-total eclipse of the Micro Beaver Full Moon will last around 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds — beginning at approximately 2:19 a.m. EST (7:19 a.m. UTC); reaching its maximum around 4 a.m. EST (9 a.m. UTC); and ending at 5:47 a.m. EST (10:47 a.m. UTC). The Micro Beaver moon is so named because it occurs when the moon is at the farthest point from Earth and in the lead-up to beaver-trapping season.

The partial lunar eclipse, when Earth's shadow covers 97% of the full moon, will be the longest of the century by far, dwarfing the duration of the longest total lunar eclipse this century, which took place in 2018 and stretched to 1 hour and 43 minutes. The forthcoming eclipse will also be the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years, according to the Holcomb Observatory at Butler University, Indiana.

[...] To get exact eclipse timings for your location, you can visit timeanddate.com. The eclipse will be visible from North America and the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, Western Europe, eastern Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Though the early stages of the eclipse occur before moonrise in eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand, eclipse-watchers in these regions will be able to see the eclipse as it reaches its maximum. Conversely, viewers in South America and Western Europe will see the moon set before the eclipse is at its peak.


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  • (Score: 2) by HammeredGlass on Thursday November 18 2021, @02:55PM (9 children)

    by HammeredGlass (12241) on Thursday November 18 2021, @02:55PM (#1197407)

    whooppeeee, a really long *PARTIAL* eclipse.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:06PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:06PM (#1197413)

      Snore - wake me up when the Moon actually crashes into the Sun.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:45PM (5 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:45PM (#1197441)

        If the moon crashed into the sun I don't think we would have to wake you up. You would know.

        • (Score: 2) by HammeredGlass on Thursday November 18 2021, @06:41PM (4 children)

          by HammeredGlass (12241) on Thursday November 18 2021, @06:41PM (#1197513)

          Would we know? Would the sun even bat an eye at that little amount of mass being added to it?

          • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday November 18 2021, @07:10PM (3 children)

            by Freeman (732) on Thursday November 18 2021, @07:10PM (#1197529) Journal

            Not likely, but assuming our Moon hit our Sun. We would likely be having serious trouble beyond how said object might affect the sun.

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            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @11:48PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @11:48PM (#1197608)

              If we nuke the Moon then it will destabilize the orbit leading to a runaway effect. A bit like happened on Venus.

            • (Score: 2) by HammeredGlass on Friday November 19 2021, @03:56PM (1 child)

              by HammeredGlass (12241) on Friday November 19 2021, @03:56PM (#1197736)

              Of course we would miss the moon, for more than sentimental reasons, but this was about the Sun getting hit with the Moon.

              • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday November 22 2021, @03:17PM

                by Freeman (732) on Monday November 22 2021, @03:17PM (#1198575) Journal

                What I meant is that if something big enough to knock the moon out of orbit was to hit the moon. The earth would likely be bombarded with large chunks of the moon and/or whatever hit the moon. The Earth would also suffer who knows what kind of complications from the moon not being there anymore. The Sun would likely not have any issue swallowing the moon whole. Just due to the sheer size of the Sun vs the Moon.

                The radius of the sun is over 400 times bigger than the moon. That may not seem like a whole lot, but it would take over 64 million moons to "fill" the sun.
                https://semaths.com/how-many-moons-could-fit-in-the-sun [semaths.com]

                How many moons could fit in the sun?
                It would take around 64.3 million Moons to fit inside the Sun, filling it whole.

                In this regard, how many Jupiter can fit in sun?
                According to multiple studies, around 1,000 Jupiters could fit into the Sun.

                In view of this, how many of Earth's moons could fit inside the Earth?
                THE MOON IS SMALLER ACROSS (IN DIAMETER) THAN THE UNITED STATES IS WIDE. If the Earth were hollow, about 50 moons would fit inside.

                https://ourplnt.com/size-comparison-sun-planets/ [ourplnt.com]

                Size comparison of the Sun, planets, and dwarf planets

                The radiuses of the celestial bodies in the image (from left to right):
                Sun

                Approximately 695,700 km (432,300 mi)
                Planets (and moon)

                        Mercury: 2,440 km (1,516 mi)
                        Venus: 6,052 km (3,760 mi)
                        Earth: 6,371 km (3,959 mi)
                        Moon: 1,737 km (1,079 mi)
                        Mars: 3,390 km (2,106 mi)
                        Jupiter: 69,911 km (43,441 mi)
                        Saturn: 58,232 km (36,184 mi)
                        Uranus: 25,362 km (15,759 mi)
                        Neptune: 24,622 km (15,299 mi)

                Dwarf Planets

                        Pluto: 1,188 km (738 mi)
                        Haumea: 816 km (507 mi)
                        MakeMake: 750 km (466 mi)
                        Eris: 1,186 km (737 mi)

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    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:42PM (#1197439)

      Partial lunar eclipses are boring if they don't approach 100% totality, but this time the moon will be 99.1% covered by earths umbra shadow so it's still worth checking out.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:43PM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:43PM (#1197462) Journal

      Yes, exactly as the link to the earlier story claims - it's longest partial lunar eclipse of the century.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:40PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @03:40PM (#1197437)
    It's funny how Flat Earthers can believe what they believe despite most being able to see so many stuff for themselves that prove their Flat Earth models are wrong.

    Not so funny if their vote is worth as much as yours and often more than yours...
    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Ingar on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:00PM (8 children)

      by Ingar (801) on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:00PM (#1197446) Homepage

      In practice, your vote is as worthless as theirs.

      As a mental exercise: how would a lunar eclipse caused by the earth plane look different from one caused by the earth globe? The shape of the shadow? Would that actually be visible ? Is the moon flat too and how does this influence the shadow?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @04:25PM (#1197457)

        As a mental exercise

        Ha! Good luck at getting OP to think for himself! Might as well try to get blood from a stone, or attempt to thread a camel through the eye of a needle. Women/men like OP don't have the mental capabilities to perform such a mental exercise.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by istartedi on Thursday November 18 2021, @08:04PM (2 children)

        by istartedi (123) on Thursday November 18 2021, @08:04PM (#1197542) Journal

        When you say "Earth plane" what does that even mean? A plane goes out in all directions forever so nothing can get behind it without passing through. Let's assume you mean "Earth disc", so it would be possible for the Moon and the Sun to get on opposite sides. Then sure, the eclipse would look the same, but it would also be possible to find the edge of the disc via terrestrial exploration. I've heard some flat-earthers say that the edges are what we call the poles, and that it gets so cold that you just can't go any further. So they're saying perhaps that the edge of the disc is just unbearably cold? I dunno. It's sort of fun to play with flat earth theory, because it always falls apart in the funniest ways.

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        • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @12:15AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @12:15AM (#1197611)

          A disc doesn't project a circular shadow as something orbits it. or, the eclipse should change as the moon rises/sets (i.e. the angle changes).

          But more interestingly do flat earthers think the moon is flat too? If so why does it have phases? And is it axis-aligned to the earth?

          • (Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday November 19 2021, @12:55AM

            by istartedi (123) on Friday November 19 2021, @12:55AM (#1197618) Journal

            That's an interesting point, but I'm wondering if the difference in the shape of the penumbra would be easily observed as the Moon passes through it. At large angles, a disc does appear elliptical, but the entire Lunar eclipse process is 10 to 12 degrees of arc. I think the change in the shape of the penumbra as it progresses across the surface would be very difficult to observe, ie, the Earth's shadow would appear approximately circular throughout even though it's slightly elliptical when off-center.

            As for the rest of your questions, who knows of course, and I'm not even going to try. The other funny thing about flat-earthing is that by making the Earth simple, it makes everything else complicated. I'm sure there are some people that engage in it as a mental exercise, ironically... and some are serious but online who knows which is which?

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      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday November 18 2021, @09:43PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Thursday November 18 2021, @09:43PM (#1197577) Journal

        All i know is it's flat turtles ALLLLL the way down. :)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @11:51PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 18 2021, @11:51PM (#1197609)

        In practice, your vote is as worthless as theirs.

        Tell that to Rep. Alcee Hastings in Florida who last week lost by less than 10 votes.

        The only reason your vote is worthless is that you make it that way with your "I'm too cool for school" attitude. All the radical change solutions come from the 30-and-under crowd, but they'd rather sit on their ass and sound "cool nihilistic" than actually go and vote. I'm tired of the belly-achers. The problem is that it takes work, but it's more fun to indulge one's juvenile feelings of being "counterculture" and "fighting the man" or whatever, then it is to actually go to the polls and mark a ballot.

        If you want your guy to win, do your part of the equation. Stay home and it might be left to chance [nvbar.org].

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @12:34AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @12:34AM (#1197614)

          Screw voting - it's rigged. Storm the Capitol!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @02:55PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @02:55PM (#1197722)

          If you want your guy to win, do your part of the equation. Stay home and it might be left to chance [nvbar.org].

          The problem, is that many dont have "a guy" in the race. If "your guy" isn't useful at getting people to show up and vote, what good is he? The charismatic few that do get people to show up are Trumps and Obamas - liars that spread disillusionment and division. Representative democracy has always been a sham, a fun dress-up version of feudalism with less blood.

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