Page 8 - aruba-today-20240917
P. 8
A8 LOCAL
Tuesday 17 sepTember 2024
Aruba Astro Research Int.:
Tonight, a very limited Partial Eclipse, Saros 118, will take place
(Oranjestad)—Aruba As- The shadow that will cover
tro Research Int. wants to the moon's surface will be
inform the community that only 8% at the edge of the
tonight, Tuesday night, moon. As the moon will
September 17, 2024, a Par- be full and a supermoon
tial Lunar Eclipse of Saros on September 17, 2024,
118 will occur, covering at 10:34 PM AST (Atlantic
North America, Central Standard Time, local time
America, the Caribbean, in Aruba) and 2:34 AM UTC
South America, Africa, and (four hours ahead of our
Europe. region), this celestial event
of a partial lunar eclipse will
In Aruba, the partial eclipse take place in the south as
will begin at 10:12 PM, with the moon transits the south-
the maximum eclipse at ern sky, and it will also be a
10:44 PM, and it will end supermoon. We hope the
at 11:16 PM. The penum- weather will cooperate,
bral phase will conclude and clouds will not block
at 12:47 AM on the early the view. This will be a very
morning of Wednesday, limited partial eclipse, with
September 18, 2024, here only 8% shadow coverage,
in Aruba. Aruba Astro Re- making recordings, and at- AAR's Facebook webpage. ing the program Hit Express making it one of the most
search Int. will cover the tempting to broadcast the The event will also be trans- in the Astro News segment. limited eclipses in history for
event by taking photos, event through images via mitted on TOP FM 95.1 dur- Earth's shadow.q
Aruba to me
ORANJESTAD — You are back and we would like to por-
trait you! By inviting you to send us your favorite vacation
picture while enjoying our Happy Island.
Complete the sentence: Aruba to me is ……. Send your
picture with that text (including your name and where you
are from) to: news@arubatoday.com and we will publish
your vacation memory. Isn’t that a special way to keep
your best moments alive? Please do note: By submitting
photos, text or any other materials, you give permission to
The Aruba Today Newspaper, Caribbean Speed Printers
and any of its affiliated companies to use said materials,
as well as names, likeness, etc. for promotional purposes
without compensation.
Last but not least: check out our website, Instagram and
Facebook page! Thank you for supporting our free news-
paper, we strive to make you a happy reader every day
again.
For today we received a lovely message from Shannon
Flaherty from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
She wrote to us saying: “Aruba to me is fun with family
and friends! This was my parents 30th visit…we were cele-
brating the birthday girl Anne’s birthday last week. We’re
from Boston we loved the vibes with our friends/family.”
Thank you for sending us this wonderful message sharing
what Aruba means to you with us and our readers!q
