Lunar Eclipse Early Tomorrow Morning
If you wake up early tomorrow (or stay up late tonight), you might get to see a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse begins just before 4 am, and totality will begin just before 5 am. Unfortunately, the moon will be getting pretty low by the time totality starts - just 15 degrees above the horizon - so it could well be blocked by trees and buildings.
Here is the data for Rock Island from the U.S. Naval Observatory
Moon's
Azimuth Altitude
h m o o
Moon enters penumbra 02:52.2 213.3 30.8
Moon enters umbra 03:50.9 227.3 24.1
Moon enters totality 04:52.0 239.7 15.4
Middle of eclipse 05:37.3 248.0 8.2
Moon leaves totality 06:22.7 255.6 0.9
Moonset 06:30 256.8 ----
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