Lunar Time-Slip: Eclipse on for tonight — not last night

Shows what happens when you depend on Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon of PTI for your astronomical information.

At the top of yesterday's (Tuesday, February 19, 2008) show they went on about the (in their world, at least) imminent lunar eclipse, with Kornheiser saying, in response to Wilbon's question as to whether he'd be watching it, "No, I'll be aiming my telescope at my neighbor's window."

Yoiks!

At the time I thought to myself, okay, since at least one of my daily newspapers yesterday also had the eclipse happening then.

Must be the same one the PTI guys read 'cause all I'm seeing in today's papers is news of tonight's eclipse of the moon.

Huh.

At any rate, according to today's Washington Post the event takes place tonight — Wednesday, February 20, 2008 — between 10:10 p.m. and 10:51 p.m. ET, "... but it could be obscured by clouds."

Bonus: You don't have to wear dark glasses or worry about going blind if you stare at it.

FunFact: The next lunar eclipse occurs on December 21, 2010, so don't miss this one if you're the impatient type.