This kind of caught be by surprise, there is a total lunar eclipse tonight and it is the last one until 2007. I am excited for this, especially because I just moved out into Amish country and there are no lights around us; it is extremely dark out there - great viewing area.

 

Nice article on it:

http://space.com/spacewatch/eclipse_041027.html

 

Live webcast and maps of the eclipse area:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2004Oct28/TLE2004Oct28.html

 

It looks like it will be viewable from most of the earth besides S.E. Asia and Australia.

 

See how your viewing area will be: http://cleardarksky.com/csk/

On the bbc website it says the eclipse is on Oct. the 28th but thats probably because i live in the uk, either way theres no chance of me doing any observing due to the weather

Yeah luckily it will be fairly good viewing here tonight.

 

Here (EST) it begind around 8:15pm and peaks around 10:15pm. That would be early morning UTC.

Providing the weather is decent I will be watching this with my physics class.

Even though they are fairly common they are neat to watch. Things like this first got me interested in astronomy.

On the bbc website it says the eclipse is on Oct. the 28th but thats probably because i live in the uk, either way theres no chance of me doing any observing due to the weather

I suspect this means tonight, after midnight.

Fortunately I get to watch it - for me it should be starting in about 5 minutes.

 

Whee!

I just got back from school, I was playing badmitton in the gym. I watched the eclipse outside afterwards.

I saw it from work this evening. I first saw it when it was about 3/4 black. It was cool 'cause I had never seen one before!

Damn, no eclipse here in NZ, its overcast anyway.

Damn, I woke up about 45 minutes early (normally 7:30 AM, now 6:45) to see it. It was worth it though, and anyways the next one is @ 2007.

Yeah it was great, I watched it from 1st contact to 3rd. I have never seen one before

It was decent seeing here, some very high clouds occasionally obscured the view. It wasn't as red as it normally gets I think, just got darker and then lighter.

Hmmm... Didn't some ancient native tribe (can't remember the country) carry out VILE and BRUTAL sacrifices during the "red moon"?