THUNDER BAY – The weather in Thunder Bay may not be co-operating with those individual who want to enjoy the lunar eclipse late tonight.
However NASA is hosting an online chat of the lunar event.
Greetings, moon-watchers! Thank you for the overwhelming early response for tonight’s lunar eclipse. Lots of questions are coming in about the best times to view this around the world. Here’s a summary from our astronomers below:
“Early in the morning on Dec. 21, a total lunar eclipse will be visible to sky watchers around the world. The eclipse is visible across all of North America — for viewers in western states, the eclipse actually begins late in the evening of Dec. 20. Viewers in Greenland, Iceland and western Europe will be able to see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset. In western Asia, the later stages of the eclipse will be visible after moonrise. All of the eclipse will be visible throughout Mexico and Central America and northwest South America. Viewers in Peru, Chile and Bolivia will see most of the eclipse, but the moon will set before the end of the Penumbral phase. Viewers in Brazil will see the moon set during totality. Parts of Africa in the northwest will also see the moon set while it is eclipsed. All but the westernmost tip of Australia will see an eclipsed moon as it rises. Unfortunately most of Africa, the middle East and India will not have a view of this event.
Visit NASA online for more information at http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lunar_eclipse.html