the sky & Beyond: 9/29/24 mini Moon dble header

[npixelz]

Scary to think about

[Lemon Cheesecake]

"Stargazers will be treated to a heavenly triple-header on Tuesday. This month’s harvest moon will be coinciding with a supermoon, a blood moon and a partial lunar eclipse."

https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/lifestyle ... -trifecta/
"According to NASA, the eclipse will peak just over two hours later at 10:44 p.m. EDT, whereupon just eight percent of the moon will be shrouded in shadow."
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[npixelz]

Wowzers


For about 3-4 days last week, the moon was orange, and slowly got yellower until it was white again

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Apparently our moon is getting a mini moon for a couple months...unfortunately we won't be able to see it, even with binoculars.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3 ... 172/ad781f

"the recently discovered small body 2024 PT5 follows a horseshoe path and it will become a mini-moon in 2024, from September 29 until November 25."