Lunar eclipse

[Scribble]

Don't think I will be able to see it with all this mist 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12039683

[suspectmonkey]

I missed it, but apparently it was pretty spectacular!  Didn't even know it was due to occur, but the moonlight out in the snow last night was amazing.

[RedLeader]

Noticed a lovely full moon on my way home last night, was looking out this morning at 730am and thought it was weird that it was a 1/4 moon when it was full 12 hours ago. Never connected that it was an eclipse so didn't watch. Gutted, have to wait another 500 years now!

[Kat]

Once in a Blue Moon...gutted I missed it!

[Tim]

Me and my girlfriends dad got up at 6.30am to watch this. I wasn't expecting much given the mist when I was going to bed but perfectly clear skies, was really great

[twentyclicks]

Moon eclipses are pretty regular - like every year or so, although an eclipse on the solstice is pretty rare.

Also, a blue moon happen 7 times in 19 years... the lunar cycle is every 29/30 days so there tend to be 3 full moons per season: sometimes an extra full moon squeezes in; in which case the 3rd of the 4 is called the blue moon.  Lucky I checked Wikipedia as I was believing a 50 year mistake up to now!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon


I was asleep the other morning...