A lunar eclipse occurs on the morning of January 31 during the second full moon of the month and the new year.  All the events of the lunar eclipse are visible from Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean Basin and western North America. In the Chicago area, the moon sets in the western sky during the … Continue reading 2018, January 31: Chicago’s View of the Lunar Eclipse

  One of my astro associates posted this image in another venue and asked whether we could tell the difference between the two images: "Which is 14% bigger than the other?" This is the difference between the size of a typical full moon and a #supermoon  (source)

On the night of September 27, the moon moves into the Earth’s shadow. Observers across the western hemisphere see a total lunar eclipse with the best part occurring from 9:11 p.m. through 10:23 p.m. No special equipment is necessary the eclipse. The October 8, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse.  The third eclipse in the current tetrad … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse, September 27, 2015