Thursday's Lunar eclpise

[david_eddleman]

For those interested, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible from coast to coast this

Thursday evening, beginning at about 11:15 EDT.

 

My question is: how does one go about finding the exact path the moon will take

across the sky in order to set up camera to capture the entire event? I'm sure there's

a website out there or something, but I havent found it.

[stephen hazelton]

Go take a look at it's path this evening- shouldn't be that much different.

[paul_coppin]

It'll rise in the SE and move to the WNW more or less. You might want to check the time - In my area the onset time has been given at approx 9:05 EDT and full eclipse an hour later. My understanding is that it would be done by 11:00 EDT, but now I'll have to check too!

[swenson]

I went to http://aa.usno.navy.mil/ clicked Data Services then Lunar Eclipse Computer entered Boston and got a detailed timetable that has the event starting at 9:05 and ending 2:14 am.

[bob.]

For general "what's the moon doing this month" questions (useful if you want to get it in a daylight picture) try http://www.iserv.net/%7Ebsidell/moonrise.htm. More generally, http://www.xs4all.nl/~wiskerke/html/toollink.html has a number of links to photgraphic software.

 

Cheers,

[bert_krages1]

Go to <A HREF="http://aa.usno.navy.mil"> this page</A> and click on "Data Services" and then "Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day." This will give you the times, azimuths, and altitudes of the moon.

[wayne_suns]

What Stephen said.

 

Go out tonight and see where the moon is -- it will follow pretty much the same path tomorrow. The one thing to keep in mind is that the moon rises about 50 minutes later each evening. So, if you want to know where the moon will be tomorrow at 11:15EDT, then see where it is tonight around 10:30EDT. Here's to a cloudless night. Where I'm at we're expecting overcast skies tomorrow :(