Thanks, Darin. I, too, saw a partially-eclipsed moon rise a few years ago. It was September, and we had earlier planned a short vacation to Yellowstone NP. The Moon was to rise partially eclipsed prior to totality. Knowing that, I planned to set up cameras and a small scope at a favorite spot on the Madison River. Sure enough, the Moon rose just as I had anticipated, directly above the river so that its light was reflected off the water. Even though it was not unexpected, the beauty and eeriness of a full moon rising with a large "bite" out of it was still dramatic and "eerie," as you put it. That area had a large number of dead trees from the fires of '88 still standing that just added to the other-worldly quality of the scene. Clouds rolled in and we missed the total phase, but the beauty of what we were able to see more than made up for the clouds. Still, no Kate Beckinsale. Thanks, Chuck, for starting this thread. I enjoy reading such stories from others and hope y'all don't mind that I share some of mine. Kim -----Original Message----- Best moon rise About 20 years ago, I was hiking in the Wind River range in Wyoming with a friend. We had been out about five or six days. This particular evening we were camped on the shore of a small lake and looking at the moon rise. It was a dull red color because of all the fires burning that summer. As we watched it rising over the lake and reflecting in the lake, we noticed that it looked weird. It took quite a while before we realized that it was an eclipse happening. Neither of us had been aware that an eclipse was going to happen so with the red color and the wind in the tree tops and the slow distortion of the shape, it was an exceptionally eerie occurance......