Eclipse

It is just past midnight here in the Midwest US and the moon is just beginning its entrance into the penumbral shadow of the earth. To the naked eye, there isn't much to see until the moon enters the earth's umbra. That's when you can really see the shadow of the earth on the surface of the moon. It will be a couple of hours before that happens. That will peak a little after 3am here, then the shadow will grow smaller until it's gone near sunrise.

I'll be checking it out even though it is going to be a pretty frigid night. These kinds of astronomic events are just too hard to pass up.

John