Marilyn's Photos - Mar 2 2026 - Lunar Eclipse Coming

 

The Moon has been large and high in the sky the last few days, so very noticeable. It made me think about how our relationship with the night sky has changed over the last century.  There’s a total lunar eclipse on March 3rd that we will see in  Canada.  When I look at the map, the timeanddate.com website colours are so undifferentiated that it is hard to know what we will see in Ontario - either some or partial is what it looks like. There’s an explanation on why we care about lunar eclipses - and probably there should be as we look down at screens these days and not up at the sky.  Most of the explanations are historical - we care because someone discovered something about the Earth based on the Moon.  And we care in the present tense to figure out the impacts of dust, pollution, volcanic ash in the atmosphere.  The lunar eclipse on March 3rd is going to be a blood moon, so will be  dramatic.  And there will be a sunrise and total lunar eclipse at the same time. Here’s the map from NASA.   We wouldn’t ask Shakespeare to say a kind word about the Moon.  To Shakespeare it is inconstant, fickle, pale, changing…not like the Sun which  shines bright and never changes.  Shakespeare definitely preferred the imagery of the Sun. Here’s a joke I have never seen and it makes a lot of sense: When does a joke become a dad joke? When the punch line becomes apparent. This old-fashioned (and likely very old) gate is on Elizabeth Street - it is the last house overlooking Lake Ontario at the Pump House. The climbing roses remind one of gardens long past.

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