I'm not seeing specifics in local print media or even online for those of us wanting to watch the lunar eclipse tonight. So, I've done a bit of research and here is the information for the Whatcom County area.  In a nutshell:  watch the moon rise at 7:51 p.m. tonight.  (note: I got the moon rise time wrong by checking a source that had it wrong.  too late now)

The total eclipse of the moon begins at 7:11 pm tonight, but we will first see it when the moon rises above the eastern horizon at 7:51 p.m.  The total eclipse will last until 8:23 p.m.   For most folks who have trees, houses, hills or mountains to the east of them, the moon will not rise until 8 or even 8:15 pm.  There is an advantage to driving to the north of Bellingham to get a view of the moonrise over Mount Baker.  We can expect some cool photos of that in the next day or so.   

The darkest part of the eclipse is just before our moon rise at 7:47 p.m.  For the best view, watch it rising.

Because we are the cloudiest place in the United States, we miss most eclipses of the moon and sun.  So tonight's incredibly clear skies, with a light northerly breeze to keep the air clean, is a very unusual and fortunate occurrence during an eclipse.  Yes, this is the 'harvest moon.'  It is an extra large moon also because it's orbit will bring it the closest to earth that it will get this year.  

Here are some good websites to learn more.

Date and Time dot Com is a great all around reference.

Astronomy Picture of the Day is a favorite I check daily.

NASA will live stream the eclipse online.  Awesome.

Space.com has great info and a fine video.

If anyone takes a great photo of the red moon above Mount Baker, please send me a link to their website.  Even this evening I will be watching for any photos posted and can add the link here, at the bottom of this post.  Or, send the photo to me, editor@nwcitizen.com and I'll post it here and credit you.  

We thank Stephan Michaels for sending a photo of the moon in full eclipse.  Differs from a full moon in its reddish hue.  He is a local professional photographer and has a great online gallery of his work.  Stephan's website is  2nd Wind Productions.com