Eclipse, Comet And Full Moon all coming this Friday Night 7 FEBRUARY, 2017 Skywatchers will enjoy a rare space triple-header Friday night and early Saturday morning: A “penumbra” lunar eclipse during the full “snow” moon — and the flyby of a comet. Eagle-eyed skywatchers will see a “penumbral” lunar eclipse Friday evening during the full moon. Not as spectacular — or noticeable — as a total lunar eclipse, this rather subtle phenomenon occurs when the moon moves through the outer part of Earth’s shadow (known as the penumbra), according to EarthSky.org. The outer shadow of the Earth blocks part — but not all — of the sun’s rays from reaching the moon, making it appear slightly darker than usual. The exact moment of the penumbral eclipse is 7:43 p.m. ET (6:43 p.m. CT, 5:43 p.m. MT and 4:43 p.m. PT), NASA said. The eclipse will be visible from Europe, Africa, western Asia and eastern North and South America, NASA reports. READ MORE
Don't forget some of us might be able to get pictures of these happenings. Right now the sky's are really cloudy over here...but I've gotten pictures before of the eclipes even with cloudy skies...so if you have a chance check out your area and see if you can get some pictures of this.
It woke me up at 2:30 a.m. Got up to pee and then when I went to bed I noticed my bedroom was very light and usually it's pitch black...that made me nervous thinking someone was out back with a light...so couldn't sleep. Realized too late it was the moon.