UK Lunar Eclipse

In my haste to post things last night, I forgot to introduce the eclipse. A lunar eclipse is when the earth is between the sun and the moon. The moon moves into the earth shadow and then out again. When fully in shadow the only sunlight that reaches the moon is refracted through Earth's atmosphere and this is what gives it the reddish colour during total eclipse.

21:35

First shot, shooting with the low light was difficult and I think there is a bit of camera movement but you can just see the shadow starting on the bottom left.





22:07

Bit more of the shadow across the moon, Not sure about the square shadow on the left side of the moon, probably camera movement





22:26

Three quarters of the way to total eclipse, just a bit of camera movement







22:45

According to the BBC article this was the first minute of the eclipse, the moon has just moved into full shadow.





23:03

Sadly my camera could not pick up the moon in shadow in all its red glory, the top of the moon remained lighter at this point in the eclipse and if you really strain your eyes you might be able to make out the lighter semi-circle of the top of the moon.




There you have it a total eclipse of the moon in 5 blurry shots. For better pictures taken by members of the public check out the BBC's "In Pictures" feature for the eclipse.