In Wellington we have been experiencing fantastic weather since November..... guess what? Tonight it's overcast. 

MikeB4:

 

In Wellington we have been experiencing fantastic weather since November..... guess what? Tonight it's overcast. 

 

Same in Auckland :(. For weeks sunny and tonight of course cloudy...

Also overcast here, but the moon is bright and punching right through it.

It matches the eclipse timing (0225 there abouts)

http://rasnz.org.nz/index.php/in-the-sky/eclipses-2018

Close proximity so yeah, will look good all night. But main event is early am. 

And, well.. http://www.metvuw.com/satellite/satellite.php?ihour=0? 

MikeB4:

In Wellington we have been experiencing fantastic weather since November..... guess what? Tonight it's overcast. 

Cloud cover is thicker now. Moon mostly obscured. I hope it improves later but I'm glad I got to see what I did. It is pretty spectacular even now.

For those that have an overcast sky, here is the 'removed by one camera' live version: https://www.timeanddate.com/live/

Enjoyable from your own chair / bed.

jonathan18:

MikeB4:

 

In Wellington we have been experiencing fantastic weather since November..... guess what? Tonight it's overcast. 

 

Ditto here in PN. Not heavy cloud but heavy enough...

It's almost as if the Moon's proximity has some effect on atmospherics..

I have been following the eclipse all evening here in Hawke's Bay. In spite of clouds the moon was mostly visible. But a blood moon I did not see. I saw the shadow moving across the moon as it turned darkish grey and then black. Finally, at about 01:50 it disappeared completely! It just got darker and darker until it was no longer visible at all. At this moment there is nothing to be seen of it, also not with binoculars. Just jet black. It is supposed to stay this way for about an hour but I am not going to wait for it to reappear. Time to go to bed.

Yeah, it was quite bad in Auckland. Saw glimpses around midnight but only got worse later, tried around 3:00 and 5:00 but the clouds were too thick and there was no sign of the moon :(.

Got up at 3am but couldn't see the moon at all,  as the cloud was too thick (Wellington). 

I guess I'll have to wait for the next one.

Anyone else not get a single second of sleep?

MikeAqua:

Got up at 3am but couldn't see the moon at all,  as the cloud was too thick (Wellington). 

I guess I'll have to wait for the next one.

MikeB4:

 

In Wellington we have been experiencing fantastic weather since November..... guess what? Tonight it's overcast. 

 

Same here in Morrinsville.  Clouds everywhere..