Rockford Gets A Look At A Solar Eclipse Early Thursday Morning
I ve shared quite a bit of information about what s happening in Rockford s skies over the last month, and we re not done yet. If you feel like getting up a bit early tomorrow morning, you ll get a look at a solar eclipse.
A few weeks back, I pointed out that the Rockford area would be getting multiple opportunities to catch the International Space Station (ISS) flying overhead, and that you should check out SpotTheStation to find the times for best viewing.
According to SpotTheStation, our area is currently in a dry spell when it comes to ISS flyovers, but the site says we ll be able to get more looks at the ISS speeding by after June 19th.
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Published May 28, 2021, 9:00 AM
It was in July 2018 when the Philippines saw its last Total Lunar Eclipse, that is why many of us were excited to see the Super Flower Moon eclipse last Wednesday evening, 26 May 2021. What makes the last lunar eclipse special was it being a supermoon, too.
But what is a supermoon? A supermoon is a full moon (or in some cases, a new moon) that almost coincides with perigee, or when the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit. This phenomenon results in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth also known as perigee-syzygy (full Moon around perigee).
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