the current hourly forecast for Topeka KS indicate partly cloudy at the time the " action " is due to start,
The moon enters the penumbra at 4:51 a.m. Central Time and starts to turn reddish around 6:15 a.m. Central Time. Between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. local time will be the best chance for anyone living in the Midwest to see the spectacle before the sun rise
Sun rise locally at 07:31
currently moon is visible but with a " haze " around it as it is in the eastern sky a bit north of due east
ENE perhaps
just shy of a true full moon tonight
Moon
4:59 PM
6:40 AM
waxing gibbous
97% of the Moon is Illuminated
Last edited by aslyfox; 01-30-2018 at 07:09 PM.