How to Watch – NASA<\/a><\/p>\nTimeline:<\/p>\n
4:55 p.m. CST (Central Standard Time): The Moon rises above our ENE horizon.\u00a0 Luna will be then 99.3% illuminated, 33.28 minutes of arc in apparent diameter, and 222,521 miles distant.<\/p>\n
5:20 p.m.: The Sun sets on Jamestown\u2019s WSW horizon.<\/p>\n
8:35 p.m.: The eastern (left) rim of the Moon makes contact with the Earth\u2019s penumbra (its fainter outer shadow).\u00a0 You won\u2019t notice anything happening at this stage, but look at the Moon around 9:10 p.m., when it has burrowed far enough into the penumbra that its left edge may look grayer than usual.\u00a0 By this time the Moon might appear as if faint clouds were passing over its surface.\u00a0 Sky & Telescope<\/em> magazine suggests viewing the Moon through (ironically enough!) sunglasses at this stage of the eclipse; they enhance the contrast between the penumbra and the still bright lunar surface.<\/p>\n9:33:36 p.m.: The center left of the Moon will make contact with the Earth\u2019s darker inner shadow, the umbra.\u00a0 Because the rest of the Moon is still quite bright, the umbra will appear to be a dark gray; any color contrast will become more noticeable as the Moon moves deeper into the umbra.\u00a0 At this time the Moon will be 43 degrees over our city\u2019s ESE horizon and 222,324 miles away.<\/p>\n
10:40:48 p.m.: Totality begins<\/strong> as the Moon moves fully into the Earth\u2019s umbra.\u00a0 By this time the Moon will be 52.8 degrees above the ESE-SE skyline and 222,286 miles from Earth.\u00a0 From the Moon\u2019s vantagepoint, the Earth would be eclipsing the Sun; however, enough reddish sunlight would be refracted by and through our planet\u2019s atmosphere that some rays would reach the lunar surface.\u00a0 Anybody on the near side of the Moon would see every sunrise and sunrise on Earth occurring simultaneously; our world would appear to be surrounded by a red ring of fire.<\/p>\nUnderstanding Lunar Eclipse – Video from NASA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Amateur Astronomer, Dr. Timothy Bratton reports that a total Lunar Eclipse will be on Sunday, January 20, 2019.<\/p>\n