I read about the lunar eclipse on August 28th, and want to understand how come I was unable to see it. I live in Quebec, in the EDT time zone, and NASA's website indicated the lunar eclipse would be visible as of 5:52 a.m. I got up to view it and saw nothing. So I checked another website to see the time of moonset on August 27th, 2007, and it indicated 4:49 a.m. It seems there is a discrepancy between the two sites I consulted. Can someone explain this?
2007-08-27 23:22:41 · 8 answers · asked by Iwannaknow 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It can't happen again in ten hours or whatever? there's only one moon so whoever can see it now is lucky but if you can't then you wont til 2011 sorry :( just keep looking around outside coz it's happening now.
2007-08-27 23:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also live in the EDT zone, but further west, in Ontario. Here The Moon disappeared into horizon haze about 15 minutes after totality began at 05:52. Further east, where you are, the Moon would set earlier, but totality would still start at the same time, so the Moon was probably at or below the horizon when you looked at 5:52. The 4:49 time was probably EST, which works out to 5:49 EDT, so I think that's your problem: the Moon set where you are 3 minutes before totality began. If you had started observing an hour earlier, as I did, you would have had a fine view of the partial phases.
2007-08-28 08:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is round and is divided into 24 time zones. I think you can still see it. So the time is one thing but there are two variables, the time and your position on the Earth. I do not think you can correct for time only.
Go out and look again for an orange ball.
2007-08-28 06:28:30 · answer #3 · answered by Ron H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started around 4:53 AM and by 6 or so it was lost in the glare of sunrise.
2007-08-28 06:26:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in ca i got a site that said it was at 1:51 so i told my bf. he looked online but his found it said 2:51
it started at 1:51 though and by 2:51 the whole thing was covered. maybe that was it?
and if the sun was rising that might affect it too
2007-08-28 06:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by HassleBassle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its still goin on here in CST. thats that the 4:49 was for.
2007-08-28 06:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's happening right this minute in Australia which means it won't happen for you in Quebec for another 12 hours...think maybe you got the wrong night...
2007-08-28 06:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's still going on here. . . .
2007-08-28 06:29:16 · answer #8 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋