Login page still says site is in private beta

Question

The public beta was supposed to start a few minutes ago, but the login page still says the site is in private beta for another day.

Answer 1

It's public now; the Area 51 e-mail went out and you can get to the homepage without logging in

Answer 2

Update: It's now public, of course.

I see I'm not the only one trying to catch the moment. :)

The Area 51 page says that the public beta is about to begin shortly.