here's a fun "coincidence": the shadow of the eclipse is passing over seven towns named salem today. the next eclipse shadow, 7 (!) years from now creates an x. in the spot marked by that x is a road in illinois called salem road.

Maybe its the mark for the next meteor drop hopefully

Yesterday.. in the Midwest, the atmosphere had so much moisture in it, that all those dozens of really fast commercial airliners flying over all day long, produced lots and lots of the funny looking but perfectly natural contrails. Just sayin.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdCnPZGwt0

It's few and far between to get a crisp blue sky around here

I'm in the path & so far we have clear skies. Hoping I get a clear view.

The LACK of a moon

You think that the moon doesn't exist?

Yes. The thing we see just about every night isn't there. No man, I'm talking about in front of the Sun. I've been sitting here for six hours, and no moon. Not even before sunrise.

You realize that solar eclipses only occur on new moons right?

Yes but before the 'new moon' you get a waxing or waning moon crescent. I did see no such moon this morning.

It has been waning over the past 2 weeks, it doesn't happen in a couple of hours.

So where was it last night, and the night before?

Last night was considered the first day of a new moon, it was at 3% visibility. Did you not learn about moon phases in school?

So the night before, we could see a little of it right? I did not. Its not about what's in the books, its about the reality in front of your eyes. You will not change my mind about what I see with my own two eyes. I will not accept your low level insults.

Yes, you could see a very small amount if you actually looked for it and there wasn't cloud cover. What is your point here? The government has hid the moon for a week and is putting ..... in front of the sun today?

There was no cloud cover for me earlier. My point is that you'd think that when you could see the moon, you'd see it just like any other new moon. But its not the same. Even before the morning time

You can't see a new moon regardless of what time of the day it is though. I'm trying to understand what your point is but I'm just not getting it. Finding the moon immediately before and after a new moon is really difficult. Sometimes up to 4-5 days before you see it again at all.

I don't care what you understand as a point. I commented on OPs post and you started talking to me, making me defend shit while you assume my ignorance. And you say 4-5 days until you see it at all? Then explain how it will be full again in 16 days from now? It jumps from 1% to 100% in 10 days?

Anything less than 10% is pretty difficult to see. In fact <4% is considered a new moon because it is so difficult to see at all. So yes from 10% to 0% back to 10% can take a couple days and be nearly impossible to find. If you look at moon charts you will notice that the percentage of illumination jumps significantly the further from full and new moon it get. That's why it takes a full day to go from 3% to 0% and also a full day to go from 42% to 52%. If the waning and waxing process was linear it would take much longer than roughly a month to complete a cycle.

It will be full again on Sept. 6th. Divide the phases of the moon by 16 days and that's a 6.25% change in the phase of the moon per day. Divide that by 24 hours, and that's .26% change per HOUR. The math shows it. I don't believe there is a parabola in the math like you say. It must be linear because it is in a tidally-locked orbit with us. Very resistant to change and flux

Do yourself a favor and track the moon phases over the next month. Moon charts are really accurate and most of all they are easily confirmed. Just confirm that each phase of the moon chart is what you can see and you will notice that it is in fact a parabolic progression.

Just because you can divide things evenly doesn't mean that they progress linearly. Yes, the moon is in a locked orbit but you seeing the moon has to do with the interaction of spheres which alters the progression of illumination.

Do yourself a favor and don't waste your entire eclipse trying to change somebody (who wasn't even fucking talking to you in the first place)'s mind. Get blocked

I'm sorry that basic science is difficult for you to understand. I'm sure if you ask nicely you can join in with your local 3rd graders as they do a moon phase project. Your lack of intelligence doesn't somehow constitute a conspiracy.

Also posting your ridiculous comments on a public forum is a good way to get feedback, turns out you don't actually need to give permission for someone to comment on your ramblings. Get educated.

The last time we had an eclipse with this trajectory was 1776. That's a mighty big coincidence when you also consider the next one in 7 years making an "X" over the US.

Are you aware of how stupid that sounds?

See other comment, dumbass.

Yeah its so sinister when two lines cross.

Little baby snowflake cant handle it!

Do yourself a favor and track the moon phases over the next month. Moon charts are really accurate and most of all they are easily confirmed. Just confirm that each phase of the moon chart is what you can see and you will notice that it is in fact a parabolic progression.

Just because you can divide things evenly doesn't mean that they progress linearly. Yes, the moon is in a locked orbit but you seeing the moon has to do with the interaction of spheres which alters the progression of illumination.

Yeah its so sinister when two lines cross.

Little baby snowflake cant handle it!