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Evastar
15th June, 2011, 08:54 AM
The first total eclipse of the Moon of 2011 occurs this Wednesday evening, 15 June 2011, and it will be the longest lunar eclipse in over a decade. However the views from the UK (and Europe) will be constrained by the fact that the Moon will be below the horizon for much of the eclipse, and will rise fully eclipsed, or in some cases even coming out of eclipse. It***8217;s still worth having a look though: just try to find somewhere with a very low and clear SE horizon, as this will be the direction in which the Moon will rise, and it will be in eclipse only while it is VERY low (only a few degrees above the horizon).



http://www.meteorwatch.org/2011/06/13/total-lunar-eclipse-15-june-2011/

in Ireland it will be at 9.50 this evening for ten minutes and on the east coast the moon will appear red. not sure how it will be visible in the UK.

cablefreejunkie
15th June, 2011, 09:20 AM
nice bit of onfo there evastar,,i shall have a look tonight as im working outside all night,hopefully it wont be too cloudy

Evastar
16th June, 2011, 01:07 AM
was really cloudy here, didn't get to see anything :(

cablefreejunkie
16th June, 2011, 01:53 PM
same here although i could see a very blood red horizon but no moon