Scheduled air date: 2000 Jan 17-23
This Thursday night the Earth will pass between the Sun and the Moon, and the Moon will
pass through Earth's shadow, forming a Total Lunar Eclipse visible from all of North
America (weather permitting)! During the darker umbral phase, the Moon will turn a
beautiful, dark orange-red, which shouldn't be missed! Below are key event times for
the primary North American time zones:
Total Lunar Eclipse — Night of 2000 Jan 20*
| Event | Pacific (PST) | Mountain (MST) | Central (CST) | Eastern (EST) | Atlantic (AST) |
| Moon enters penumbra | 6:03 pm | 7:03 pm | 8:03 pm | 9:03 pm | 10:03 pm |
| Moon enters umbra | 7:01 pm | 8:01 pm | 9:01 pm | 10:01 pm | 11:01 pm |
| Totality begins | 8:05 pm | 9:05 pm | 10:05 pm | 11:05 pm | 12:05 am |
| Mid-eclipse | 8:44 pm | 9:44 pm | 10:44 pm | 11:44 pm | 12:44 am |
| Totality ends | 9:22 pm | 10:22 pm | 11:22 pm | 12:22 am | 1:22 am |
| Moon exits umbra | 10:25 pm | 11:25 pm | 12:25 am | 1:25 am | 2:25 am |
| Moon exits penumbra | 11:24 am | 12:24 am | 1:24 am | 2:24 am | 3:24 am |
*Times shown after midnight are the morning of 2000 Jan 21.
Also, Orion the Hunter is visible in the southeast sky about an hour after Sunset during
late January.
(Shown for mid-Northern latitudes.)
The middle of the "Sword Stars" is actually the Orion Nebula — a stellar
"nursery" 30 light-years across — visible in even small binoculars!
If you wish to view illustrations for other episodes, please see our Star Gazer Illustrated directory.
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