Here are computations from xephem
In SLC the moon will rise at 5:13 pm MST, already partially eclipsed. The Moon will be 8.6 degrees above the horizon when totality begins, at 6:06 pm, and will be 13.2 degrees above the horizon at 6:31 pm when totality ends (this is an unusually short total phase time).
So the question is, how high is the eastern horizon at SPOC? The moon has azimuth 69 degrees when it rises; 76 degrees when totality begins; 80 degrees when totality ends. Jim ---- Original message ----
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:14:28 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lunar eclipse To: Utah-Astro <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>
Has anyone determined if this weekend's eclipse will be visible from SPOC? Totality is very brief for this eclipse, and from Utah it rises already entering the umbra (from a theoretically flat horizon).
Im wondering if it will be essentially over before cresting the mountain ridge as seen from Stansbury.
Can someone with a planetarium program check this out?
Thanks
C.
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