When Is The Next Solar Or Lunar Eclipse Visible In Colorado?
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Hi Court!
Here's a summary:
1) The next total lunar eclipse in CO will be this summer. You'll be able to see it in the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, August 28th.
2) The next solar eclipse of any kind is May 20, 2012. This is an annular eclipse, of the kind where the moon moves completely in front of the sun, but the sun's face is bigger than the lunar disc so it does not grow completely dark. The southwest corner of the state will be in the central path of annularity. Denver and the rest of CO will see a deep partial eclipse of the sun.
3) The next total eclipse of the sun visible anywhere in the United States will be August 21, 2017. Colorado will see only another deep partial eclipse from this one, but if you drive to Wyoming or Nebraska, you'll be able to see a total eclipse of the sun from, for example, Casper or Scotts Bluff.
By the way, there was nothing you could have done to see yesterday's eclipse of the moon. Unless you live in the extreme eastern strip of the state, the eclipse ended before the moon rose in Colorado. Even in the far east, you could have seen at most a tiny bite taken out of the lunar disc during the last few minutes of the partial phase. The total eclipse was invisible everywhere west of the Mississippi.
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