Blood Moon. Eclipse. Easter

It's the FULL MOON.

RantWoman will not exactly be howling at the moon, but RantWoman has consumed enough caffeine late enough in the day that she stands a decent chance of still being awake for ...the shortest lunar eclipse of the21st century.


http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2015-april-4

http://www.iflscience.com/space/moon-will-turn-red-easter

http://earthsky.org/tonight/shortest-total-lunar-eclipse-of-the-century-on-april-4-2015

http://wakeup-world.com/2015/03/30/fire-trine-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-gateway-to-love/


RantWoman would KIND OF like more visuals but notes these items as FYI.

As for grappling with HOLIDAY, that is left for other posts.

Eclipses in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

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Max view in Seattle

Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 5:00 AM

Global Type: Total Lunar Eclipse

Seattle: Total Lunar Eclipse

Begins: Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 2:01 AM
Maximum: Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 5:00 AM
Ends: Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:59 AM

Duration: 5 hours, 58 minutes

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April 4, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Seattle

Time: Saturday, April 4 at 5:00 AM PDT
Moon Direction: 241.1° (WSW)
Moon Altitude: 16.4°

• Penumbral Eclipse just started
• Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
• Partial Eclipse starts
• Partial Eclipse in good progress
• Total Eclipse starts
• Maximum Eclipse
• Total Eclipse ends
• Partial Eclipse continues
• Full Eclipse ends
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Animation: How the Total Lunar Eclipse Will Look

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Seattle. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the moon turns red. Check the weather for Seattle.

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All About Lunar Eclipses

1. Types of Solar and Lunar Eclipses
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3. 10 Facts: April 4, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse
4. Red Moon: Lunar Eclipse
5. Partial Lunar Eclipses
6. Penumbral Lunar Eclipses
7. How to View a Lunar Eclipse
8. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse

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Phases and local times of this eclipse

Start of partial	Max	End of partial
3:15 AM Apr 4	5:00 AM Apr 4	6:44 AM Apr 4

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Local times for eclipse in Seattle on Saturday, April 4, 2015

Event	Time in Seattle	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral Eclipse begins	Apr 4 at 2:01 AM	197°	35.5°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Partial Eclipse begins	Apr 4 at 3:15 AM	217°	29.7°		Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Total Eclipse begins	Apr 4 at 4:57 AM	241°	16.8°		Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Maximum Eclipse	Apr 4 at 5:00 AM	241°	16.4°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Total Eclipse ends	Apr 4 at 5:02 AM	242°	16.1°		Total moon eclipse ends.
Partial Eclipse ends	Apr 4 at 6:44 AM	261°	0.5°		Partial moon eclipse ends. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West for the best view of the eclipse.
Moonset	Apr 4 at 6:48 AM	261°	0.0° below	Not directly visible	Below horizon
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Apr 4 at 7:59 AM	274°	12.2° below	Not directly visible	Below horizon
Times are local for Seattle (PDT – Pacific Daylight Time).

This eclipse is in progress during moonrise or moonset, so only parts of the eclipse are visible in Seattle.

The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.

Eclipses visible in Seattle

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Eclipse Visibility from Seattle					Visibility Worldwide
Year	Date	Type	Degree	Looks like	Max degree	Path of the eclipse
2015	Apr 4	Lunar	Total		Total
2015	Sep 27	Lunar	Total		Total
2016	Mar 23	Lunar	Penumbral		Penumbral
2017	Feb 10	Lunar	Penumbral		Penumbral
2017	Aug 21	Solar	Partial		Total
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