Total Lunar Eclipse of November 09
Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 22:15:00 UT
Partial Eclipse Begins: 23:32:21 UT
Total Eclipse Begins: 01:06:07 UT
Greatest Eclipse: 01:18:23 UT
Total Eclipse Ends: 01:30:38 UT
Partial Eclipse Ends: 03:04:24 UT
Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 04:21:48 UT
The second lunar eclipse of the year occurs six lunations after the first. It takes place at the ascending node of Luna’s orbit in Aries. This time, the Moon is 1.4 days shy of apogee and appears 12% smaller (= 29.4 arc-minutes) than it was during May’s eclipse. The Moon’s trajectory takes it well to the south of the umbral shadow’s central axis resulting in a total eclipse which lasts just 25 minutes. At mid-totality, the Moon’s southern limb is a scant 0.6 arc-minutes from the umbra’s edge. Even the northern limb is 23.4 arc-minutes from the centre of the shadow. Assuming that the transparency of Earth’s atmosphere remains relatively unchanged, the November eclipse will be dramatically brighter than the May event because of the shallow umbral depth. Since different parts of the Moon will probe radically different portions of Earth’s umbral shadow, a large variation in shadow brightness can be expected. The totally eclipsed Moon will appear to have a bright rim along its southern edge. Observers are encouraged to estimate the Danjon value at mid-totality (see section: Danjon Scale of Lunar Eclipse Brightness).
The near grazing geometry of this event suggests that it is a transition eclipse in its Saros series. Indeed, it is the very last total eclipse of Saros 126. This series produced thirteen total lunar eclipses during the past 234 years. The next nineteen eclipses in the family will all be partial eclipses of decreasing duration and magnitude.
The penumbral phase of November’s eclipse begins at 22:15 UT (on Nov 08), but most observers will not be able to visually detect the shadow until about 23:00 UT. The partial eclipse commences with first umbral contact at 23:33 UT. Totality begins at 01:06 UT and lasts until 01:31 UT. The partial and penumbral phases end at 03:05 UT and 04:22 UT, respectively.
At the instant of mid-totality (01:19 UT), the Moon will stand at the zenith for observers near the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic. At that time, the umbral eclipse magnitude will be 1.022. The entire eclipse will be visible from Europe and most of Africa as well as the eastern Americas. Various stages of the eclipse are in progress at moonset for observers throughout Asia. In the Western Hemisphere, the ingressing partial phases will already be in progress at moonrise for observers in western Canada and the U. S.. The Moon’s path through Earth’s shadows as well as a map illustrating worldwide visibility of the event is shown in Figure 4. Note that no eclipse is visible from easternmost Asia, Japan, Indonesia or Australia. Table 4 lists predicted umbral immersion and emersion times for twenty well-defined lunar craters. The timing of craters is useful in determining the atmospheric enlargement of Earth’s shadow (see: Crater Timings During Lunar Eclipses).
As a matter of fact, all of papow.com is down, and blackphoenixalchemylab.com has dumped constantly all night. I am buttcheek-clenchingly angry right now, particularly because I cannot get in touch with the people at drak.net.
God damn it, I’m sick of this. I need to make sure I can get my own domains back from them, and then I’m washing my hands of this bullshit once & for all.
To cheer myself up, I’ve pinched this from corzack:
1. What food do you like that most people hate?
Vegan chicken jerky. Ted calls it my ‘dog treats’.
2. What food do you hate that most people love?
Flan. Who the hell wants to eat syrupy snot?
3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you?
Cybill Shepherd. A genuinely ugly woman, and a loud-mouthed tramp, to boot. In my wildest imaginings, I cannot fathom why anyone finds hee even remotely attractive. Did anyone else see her on Graham Norton? White trash.
4. What famous person, whom many people may find unappealing, do you find attractive?
Tommy Lee Jones. Mmm.
5. What popular trend baffles you?
I will wholeheartedly agree with Corzack: “pants so baggy that the person has to hold them just to walk”. Fucking idiotic, and it’s just gettting worse.
BAHAUS
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I can live with that.
Your Freaky Fetish Is Asphyxiation!
Definition: having your breathing deprived
In this case for heightened orgasm
Usually done alone, but sometimes with a partner
Bottom line – you’re one kinky mofo!!
What’s Your Freaky Fetish?
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Posting a picture, simply because it pleases me to do so.
Ok, so I didn’t work on the web site. I sat with Teddy and we watched the Johnny Cash tribute on the CMA awards, some of Sunset Boulevard, and a bit of the news. Fatigue hit like a boulder, and he went to bed.
I’m tired of thinking about work. I’m tired of worrying about politics. I’m sick of balancing my checkbook and meditating on a point, and if I read another passage from the Kybalion right now, I’m going to pop a vein.
No work, no perfumes, no magick, no reproductive rights arguments, no wrestling with Quicken.
Just me, my computer, and a desperate need for shoes.
I’m focusing on my long-neglected narcissism.
Graphic-intensive madness follows: I need a new pair of boots.
