Originally posted by NuclearPaul
This is the "eclipse finder" tool. (It doesn't seem to be relevant to a specific location on Earth).

Nothing for Novermber (bear in mind date is mm/dd/yy).

However, is does say that there was a full new moon that day. Which means the Moon must have been near the Sun.

That program is finding eclipses visible from the surface of the earth. The SDO is in a geosynchronous orbit at an altitude of 22,000 miles (almost 3 times the diameter of the earth itself). So the eclipses it is subject to are different than what the surface of the earth is subject to. But, as you point out, it is still a requirement that the moon be in front of the earth with respect to the sun (since the SDO's orbit is still very well inside the orbit of the moon).

Why is it so hard to accept a partial solar eclipse?
They happen quite regularly.

With all these over the top threads and crazy theories, ATS is becoming a little like the boy who cried wolf.

One day something really significant will occur and nobody will take any notice...

I agree stop spreading all the gloom and doom before thoroughly researching all possibilities. It also annoys me that people are saying "oh well NASA's exceptional object blah blah blah" if you would have bothered to watch the NASA news conference they already said it was a young black hole they found 50 million light years from here. Come on people stop jumping on the most convenient explanation and RESEARCH.

What's even more depressing about the actions of some of our ATS brethren is that this still received about 15 additional flags even after it was proven to be just the Moon passing between the SDO spacecraft and the Sun.

I suppose people read the first post, assumed that the OP actually did his due diligence, then said "Yeah -- what IS that thing?", then flagged it, before proceeding to either:

1. Read the thread, or
2. Do their own research, rather than assuming the OP did his research (which he did not).