Awesome eclipse coming
 

Awesome.

Thing is, it starts at one in the morning on a Monday night, and lasts for 90 minutes. I must see at least the best part of it, maybe sleep a bit, then get up for half-hour to an hour? I don't want to miss it...

I need to set a reminder for this. thanks! looking forward to it

Although as a veteran of many lunar eclipses, I'd have to argue that longer is not necessarily better. They are slow as molasses to start with.

Solar eclipses are another matter altogether, definitely a case of the longer the better....

What about the girth of the eclipse?

Take that, Africa and Europe.

Yeah, that's why I'm thinking I'd get up at about 1:30 and watch half an hour of the best part.

That depends on your definition of the best part. Once it's in totality, that's 90 minutes of boring. According to NASA, totality begins at 11:52PM Monday night (Pacific time). I personally would plan on watching between ~11:45 and 12:15 and see it transition from partial to total.

Is this a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse?

It's visible at about 1AM and we're below the arctic circle...

Those of us attending Moulin Rouge can just hang out a little longer and catch it together.