Prenumbral Eclipse slams Eastern Seaboard

[eljefino]

You can kinda see the shadow at 4 oclock-ish.

"Prenumbral" means either a near-hit or a near-miss, depending on your level of optimism.

The air here is clear but the Sigma lens adds its own fuzziness.

 

[Astro14]

It's "Penumbra", not "Pre". And it refers to that part of the shadow that is only partial, due to the size of the light source (which creates multiple angles of arrival). A lunar eclipse is the shadow of the Earth impinging on the Moon, so this eclipse is just the edge of the partial shadow....

 

[Barkleymut]

did the moon run into the earth or something? I didn't see anything about it on the internet?

 

[SteveSRT8]

Don't know if it's related but there is almost always some sort of spectacular accident on our road around the full moon.

Makes the natives cranky...

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Don't know if it's related but there is almost always some sort of spectacular accident on our road around the full moon.

Yes, people stare at the moon instead of paying attention to the road.

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted By: Barkleymut
did the moon run into the earth or something? I didn't see anything about it on the internet?


My melodramatic title parodies other melodramatic headlines that have been clogging the 24 hour news cycle.

Tough crowd...