The lunar eclipse...
I trundled to the balcony door.
Dark. Dark skies. A bright star, low, fairly steady. I didn't see the Moon.
Huh?!
Surely it was up, over the horizon. Right? Checked Stellarium Mobile on the phone. Yes. It was over the horizon...
Oh.
Oh yeah.
West horizon...
Oops.
My foggy brain thought I'd be seeing it dead ahead, from the balcony, in the east. That's where the Sun would be rising! My foggy brain recalled the geometry of a lunar eclipse. Opposite! Duh.
Can't do maths this early...
Well, that meant I'd have to put clothes on, put shoes on, find my glasses, and head outside, and...
Nope.
I headed back to my warm bed, resigned, but knowing there'd be plenty of pix to enjoy later.
It's only the Moon after all.
2 comments:
Whew! You had me worried for a moment that you actually wanted to look at the moon.
Good thing I went back to bed!
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