Actually I strongly disagree with this statement. A partially eclipsed moon in a twilight sky is a beautiful sight and very worthy of a photographic attempt, or a trip to just see it visually. A matter of taste that each observer must decide for themselves.
From the center of the Salt Lake valley, transit time to Little Mountain is identical to that for SPOC, assuming dry roads.
C. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
As for the partial phase leading up to totality one should remember that at the time the Moon reaches totality (18:06) the Sun will be barely 10 degrees below the opposite horizon so the sky will not be all that dark, especially early in the partial phase. So going somewhere higher (and colder) to see the partial phase might not be worth the trip.
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