Jan 20 - Lunar Eclipse, Easter Island Mystery

January 20 Lunar Eclipse, Easter Island Mystery by:

Tonight ... Total lunar eclipse It'll be viewable from North and South America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, northern and western Africa plus the Arctic region of the globe. Or you can watch online. Check out the map below for links, and read more. Easter Island monument mystery solved? Researchers have long wondered why ancient people built the famous Easter Island monuments where they did. The answer may be fresh water. Read more. Image via our friend Yuri Beletsky Nightscapes. Visit EarthSky Community Photos. Don't miss … Venus-Jupiter conjunction January 22 Look east before sunup! Venus is the brighter one, and Jupiter is the fainter one. Read more. Close and far moons in 2019 This year's farthest apogee (moon's farthest monthly point) comes on February 5, and the closest perigee (moon's closest monthly point) occurs some 2 weeks later, on February 19. Read more.

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Total lunar eclipse View larger. | At greatest eclipse, the totally eclipsed moon will be straight overhead (at zenith) over western Cuba, where it's just after midnight local time on January 21 (05:12 UTC on January 21). Those to the west (left) of this spot (most of North America, Hawaii) will see the moon at greatest eclipse on the evening of January 20. Those to the east (right) of this spot (Europe and Africa) will see the moon at its greatest eclipse in their western sky on the morning of January 21. Click here for times in North America. Click here for online viewing. Or try here, here, or here.

See it! Venus and Jupiter before sunup Venus and Jupiter from Dennis Schoenfelder in Alamosa, Colorado. Have you been watching them inch closer in the east before sunup? Closest January 22. Venus is the brighter one! See more photos from the EarthSky community. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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