At best it was hazy and partly cloudy in metro philly so I just said
the heck with it.
Would be nice if we could "order" these things to happen during the
winter..long nights and better chance of clearer sky

"Murray's Law": If it's Astronomical, it's a good bet it will be cloudy
or not visible or something at least a good bit of the time. Once in a
while however, if you keep watching, you will see something!