This Wednesday evening, Oct. 27, the moon is full and passes through the Earth's shadow. If the sky is clear, this should be a very pleasant sight as the moon dims. Depending on what is going on in Earth's atmosphere, the moon could appear charcoal-grey, rust-red, brick-red or orange. The moon will be totally eclipsed for about one hour and 20 minutes, and partially eclipsed for another hour or so before and after. The whole event is visible throughout most of Canada (and the Americas, and Western Europe and Africa), however in Western North America, including B.C. and Alberta, the moon will already be partially eclipsed as it rises in the East. For timing in your region, see the table below.

All of this info courtesy of Sky & Telescope magazine: Details here.

Total Eclipse of the Moon, October 27–28, 2004
Eclipse stage	UT	Eastern Daylight Time	Central Daylight Time	Mountain Daylight Time	Pacific Daylight Time
Moon enters penumbra	0:05	8:05 p.m.	7:05 p.m.	6:05 p.m.	--
First visible shading?	0:45	8:45 p.m.	7:45 p.m.	6:45 p.m.	--
Partial eclipse begins	1:14	9:14 p.m.	8:14 p.m.	7:14 p.m.	--
Total eclipse begins	2:23	10:23 p.m.	9:23 p.m.	8:23 p.m.	7:23 p.m.
Total eclipse ends	3:45	11:45 p.m.	10:45 p.m.	9:45 p.m.	8:45 p.m.
Partial eclipse ends	4:54	12:54 a.m.	11:54 p.m.	10:54 p.m.	9:54 p.m.
Last visible shading?	5:25	1:25 a.m.	12:25 a.m.	11:25 p.m.	10:25 p.m.
Moon leaves penumbra	6:03	2:03 a.m.	1:03 a.m.	12:03 a.m.	11:03 p.m.

[ 26 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

Of course here in Toronto, the moon is already fully eclipsed ... by a thick blanket of clouds.

[ 27 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

Go outside and take a look!

Here in Toronto it's overcast...

When I look here at this webcast, the moon looks a deep reddish orange... Are any of you seeing that?

[ 27 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

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I love modern astronomy ...
It puts it all into perspective (I'm having an introspective moment).

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Well my window is a bit dirty. Just looked and there isn't much of the moon showing. It's true though covered, visible.

Just to add, I see the orange but I still see one side very yellowish.

[ 27 October 2004: Message edited by: clersal ]

Oh, my God, the moon has turned to blood. It's the rapture!

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Originally posted by Contrarian:
Interesting; now it's covered it is actually fairly brightand visible; I thought it would be pretty well dark. The shadow was more obvious when the moon was just partly covered.

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Damn I wish it were clear here.

[ 27 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

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Originally posted by clersal:
Well my window is a bit dirty. Just looked and there isn't much of the moon showing. It's true though covered, visible.

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Go outside.

http://webcast1.uio.no/oslo1_eng.html

[ 27 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

Edited to add what happened to the webcaste in Norway?

[ 28 October 2004: Message edited by: remind ]

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Go outside.

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Originally posted by remind:
Edited to add what happened to the webcast in Norway?

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It's not a very high-resolution image, but it was about as good as I could find.
http://webcast1.uio.no/oslo1_eng.html

About half an hour left of totality...

[ 28 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

Of course out side is great too, but I get cold and come in.

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Originally posted by Albireo:
It's not a very high-resolution image, but it was about as good as I could find.
http://webcast1.uio.no/oslo1_eng.html

About half an hour left of totality...

[ 28 October 2004: Message edited by: Albireo ]

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By the light of the silvery moon...

That Saskatoon moon is calling to me...

Shine on, shine on harvest moon...

Moon river, wider than a mile...

Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars...