Total eclispe of the moon tonight

[Cliphead]

If you've got clear skies and not in the pub. Should be a good one this time.

The eclipse begins at 2018 GMT, with the Moon totally immersed in the shadow of the Earth between 2244 and 2358 GMT.

[AtW]

Maybe the moon will fall down and kill us all...

[Cliphead]

Maybe the moon will fall down and kill us all...

It's slowly moving away and one day will escape the Earth's sphere of influence.

[threaded]

It's slowly moving away and one day will escape the Earth's sphere of influence.

No, it can't escape. It could possibly reach a tidal locking, but the Earth-Moon binary pair will be engulfed by the Sun going Red-giant in less than half the time it would take for that to happen.

HTH



threaded in "the math to work that out is trivial" mode.

[Sockpuppet]

Its ok, I'll just re-align the planets when needed.

threaded.

[VectraMan]

So far it looks like... the moon. Exactly the same.

[Toad]

You're looking at the wrong Moon.

[Cliphead]

Give it time.

[chicane]

There's a big wedge already cut out of the Moon over here.

[Cliphead]

Yes, it'll fade in a crescent from roughly the bottom edge. Looking good so far.