So the image you can see is courtesy of my cousin Iris who luckily got to see the partial lunar eclipse at 4:15pm yesterday.
I on the other hand missed out as I had a bit of trouble locating the moon!
Using my astronomical know-how I knew it would be lying low because for an eclipse to happen, the moon has to pass through the Earth's shadow. However unless you were living in a tower block (or were fortunate enough to have a velux window like my cousin) it would have been pretty impossible to spot it in time. I even ran up to the end of my road scouring the sky with my binoculars ignoring the weird looks I was getting from passers by.
But the moon without the shadowy slice cut from the top right was pretty amazing in itself. It was extremely big, bright, golden and beautiful to look at through my binoculars. Initially it was hiding behind the water tower but by the time it crept out it just looked like your normal moon.
Despite astrology being a load of nonsense, I believe the moon does influence our lives. Not only does it create the tides but it changes people's behaviour on full moons. For example, coming back from shopping yesterday morning there was this kid larking about on a zebra crossing. As a car came along he would stand in the middle of the road with his arms outstretched and when the car stopped he would eventually get out of the way. Yes I know this could happen any day but trust me, you find people acting more madly on day when the moon is full. Doctors even limit the amount of surgery they perform on full moons. My Dad said it's because there's too much 'energy' around and patients bleed more. My theory is that all the dross on this planet turn into werewolves*
Ellen is going to make me swear an oath to never bring science into our blog again I can tell!
Ria X
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