partial lunar eclipse at 1934 first on new years eve for 350 odd years, also
a blue moon first on nye since 1990.

the portents are in the sky

clear sky and 0.C

Happy New Year from a cold Midlands

JT
Dorridge

"JT" wrote in message
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partial lunar eclipse at 1934 first on new years eve for 350 odd years,
also a blue moon first on nye since 1990.

the portents are in the sky

clear sky and 0.C

Happy New Year from a cold Midlands

JT
Dorridge

Freezing fog starting to envelope us in Wishaw and the moonlight is just
poking through it. The blue moon has a very orange hue right now lol.
Blue moon being the 13th full moon of the year I presume? Rather than some
nutter running around naked in the snow lol.
Interesting co-incidences you also mention with the eclipse, 13th full moon
and Hogmanay... I wonder if that takes us back to the start of the little
ice age?
Good job I'm not superstitious - if that's how you spell it lol :-)

Alex.

On 31 Dec, 17:22, "JT" wrote:
partial lunar eclipse at 1934 first on new years eve for 350 odd years, also
a blue moon first on nye since 1990.

the portents are in the sky

clear sky and 0.C

Happy New Year from a cold Midlands

JT
Dorridge

Lucky thing JT, total cloud here in Northallerton

Skies are now clearing in South Devon, and the Partial Eclipse of the
Moon is now clearly visible, with the bottom right hand corner of the
moon turning a Blueish-grey.

Maximum Eclipse is 19:24 UTC (GMT)

JT wrote:
partial lunar eclipse at 1934 first on new years eve for 350 odd years,
also a blue moon first on nye since 1990.

the portents are in the sky

clear sky and 0.C

Happy New Year from a cold Midlands

JT
Dorridge

Yes it's got a little chunk that darkened.

--
Joe Egginton
Wolverhampton
175m asl

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:40:42 -0000, Alex Stephens Jr wrote:

The blue moon has a very orange hue right now lol.

Partial eclipse.

Blue moon being the 13th full moon of the year I presume?

The modern definition is 2nd full moon in a calendar month. There is
an astronomical defintion but it's rather complicated...

Blue Moons happen about every 2.5 years and Blue Moons on 31st Dec
every 19 years. Make the most of this Blue Moon on the 31st Dec with
an eclipse it won't happen for about another 91 years. And I forgot
the time missed it...

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

"JT" wrote in message
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partial lunar eclipse at 1934 first on new years eve for 350 odd years,
also a blue moon first on nye since 1990.


There is nothing special about a full moon on New Year's Eve, except that it
can shed a little light on the festivities. When it occurs, it is of course
always going to be the second full moon of the month, as will many full
moons falling on the 30th and all those falling on the 31st of any month.

Happy coincidence to have an eclipse occuring at a convenient time,
unfortunately clouded out in Farnborough.

Happy New Year, Roger