[Launch Alert] Total Lunar Eclipse

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                         www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                  2014 April 13 (Sunday) 11:28 PDT
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                          TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

                            by Brian Webb

If the weather cooperates, observers in the Southwest and beyond will
be well situated to see a total lunar eclipse on the night of April
14-15. 

As seen from California, the Moon will be well above the horizon for
the entire event.

The circumstances of the eclipse are as follows: 

          Event           Time (PDT)
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  Partial eclipse begins  10:58 p.m.

  Totality begins         12:06 a.m.

  Maximum eclipse         12:45 a.m.

  Totality ends           1:24 a.m.

  Partial eclipse ends    2:33 a.m.

All you will need to see the event are the unaided eye and perhaps a
reclining chair. For the best view, use tripod-mounted binoculars or a
small telescope at low magnification. 

Throughout the night, the Moon will be accompanied by Mars. The
orange-red planet will be shining brightly about 9 degrees to the
Moon's upper right at maximum eclipse. Although the two objects will
appear to be relatively close, Mars will actually be some 57 million
miles behind the Moon.

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