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There are three lunar eclipses coming in the lunar month starting on June 5th. The June 5th event will be a penumblar ( barely noticeable ). According to earth sky news we will not have another triple event in the space of two full moon until 2029.
Moon File Photo KDG
The eclipse and will be followed by 2 more events in the eclipse season to July 2020.
On this Day: June 3rd 1781
Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to Jefferson.
India’s failed lander has been found on the moon according to Nasa. The Vikram lander didn’t complete its landing intact on September 7th 2019 (North American time. ) There have been three countries make a successful landing on the moons surface the US, China and Russia. Only the US has landed people on the moon.
Google’s inexpensive landing…
Prizes by Google and donations saw Israel attempt a low cost lander. in February 2019. They would have been the 7th country to land on the moon, however engine failure in decent caused a crash as well. The mission was still deemed a success for various reasons. India’s attempt was also a low cost attempt.
Sunday saw a total lunar eclipse of the moon high in the sky because of the season. It resulted in a great dark sky. The total eclipse lasted 61 minutes as the moon sat like a washed pearl in a black abyss .
A moon coming to within 90 percent of its closest approach or 364,740 Kilometers of earth is super moon according to a 1979 definition.The next one is next week On January 21st. The year 2019 will see 3 more, August 1st and 3oth, and September 28th!
January’s moon a blood moon.
Next weeks moon is to be a blood moon where the shadow of the earth gets on the moon when all lined up with the sun and makes an eclipse.
Farmers Almanac take:
Totality will last a bit longer than average: 1 hour and 2 minutes. The eclipse will actually begin when the Moon enters the faint outer portion (called the penumbra) of the Earth’s shadow about an hour before it begins moving into the umbra. The penumbra, however, is all but invisible to the eye until the Moon becomes deeply immersed in it. Sharp-eyed viewers may get their first glimpse of the penumbra as a faint “smudge” on the left part of the Moon’s disk about a half hour after it first enters the penumbral shadow.
Source Farmers Almanac, Joe Rao
On this Day: January 16th 1964
Hello Dolly opens on Broadway to begin a run to nearly 3000 performances.
The month of January is shaping up good for sky watchers. One event is a full moon on the 20th – 21st with a lunar eclipse.
Totality, or total coverage of the moon, will begin at 11:41 p.m. ET on January 20 (4:41 UT on January 21) and will last for 62 minutes. The entire 3.5-hour event—including partial eclipses before and after totality—will be visible from the Americas, Greenland, Iceland, western Europe, and western Africa. Sky-watchers in eastern Europe and eastern Africa will witness only the partial eclipse, while people in most of Asia will not see any part of the sky show.
Source :National Geographic
Kamloops start,6:36 PM January 20th,19.6 degrees. Totality begins 8:41 PM, pacific time, altitude 38 degrees.
West of the Behive Cluster
The eclipse will take place in the Cancer Constellation, a little west of the Beehive Cluster,Five hours 12 minutes from start to finish if you include the penumbral events preceding the event.
Done Kamloops time 11: 48 PM, 58.3 degrees altitude.
The local art walk project is on its final weekend. The Arts Council and the Chamber as well as the City has endorsed the walk about town to see the local artists work. Passports are still available at the walk sponsored business locations including the Olde Court House Gallery 1840 Nicola avenue. The council says get your passport stamped to enter a draw for prizes.
Locations:
Community futures
Merritt Civic center
Courthouse Gallery
Community Policing Office, Spirt Square
Earth Walker Spiritual Shop
Expresso Etc.
Lynda’s Café
Blacks Pharmacy
Spanner and Webb
Vision Quest optical
Breathe Bikes
Home hardware,
Purity Feed
Save on foods
Nicola Valley Museum and Archives
The walk goes to July 31st. Quality reasonable community event!
Watch the moon as an eclipse down under will color it red, Mars in opposition, partnered with Saturn for close approach to earth as well. Nasa live