2012 Solar Eclipse
 

A solar eclipse will obscure part of the sun this weekend, as the moon passes between Earth and our nearest star.


I hate my life.

First the cold winters, and now this. Your life does indeed suck.

We won't get the Ring of Fire effect here in L.A., but rather an eclipse that leaves the sun looking more like a crescent moon - due to the moon. But you can't look directly at it anyway, and I'm not jazzed up by thoughts of an image projected onto a white card.

May try for something like that Sunday evening or may not. If anyone's interested, the peak here in L.A. is expected around 6:40 pm, and you'll need a view toward the northwest.

Anybody want to look it up (or figure it out) as to what time and day this will be visible in Japan?

Nasa has an interactive map. Click on the location you want and it tells you the time.


For Japan Maximum eclipse : 2012/05/20 22:33:46.2 UT 035° 088.7°

Japan is UT+9 so if I'm doing this right.... 7:33am on the 21st.

Cool. I'll be in Japan then.

It'll likely be my first time ignoring a solar eclipse (I don't know why, I just don't find them that interesting. I think my brain just says "hey, there's a solar eclipse if I hold a quarter at arms length") while in a foreign country.

Even if you can't see it, it's get a little dim outside. That's kind of cool. Watch out for werewolves. #Being Human

Isn't an eclipse the anti-full moon?

And when an eclipse happens at sundown, do you even notice it getting a little dark?

I think it sounds cool and hope to catch it.