September 28, 2015

Total Eclipse of the Harvest Moon – 28 September 2015

Lunar Eclipse above Blackheath

An impromptu session was arranged on Blackheath this morning to view the total eclipse of the Moon. A few hardy souls turned up at 3am to view totality, and what a spectacular view it was.

More pictures will be added to this report as they are received. If you took any pictures of the eclipse, please send them in to flamsteed@rmg.co.uk.

The eclipse timings were as follows:

1.11am: Penumbral Eclipse began
2:07am: Partial Eclipse began
3.11am: Total Eclipse began
3.47am: Maximum Eclipse
4.23am: Total Eclipse ended
5.27am: Partial Eclipse ended
6.22am: Penumbral Eclipse ended

The Moon appeared completely red between 3.11am and 4.23am.

Gallery of Images:

Partially eclipsed Moon – by Mike Meynell

Moon close to totality – by Mike Meynell

Moon just at totality – by Mike Meynell

Lunar Eclipse above Blackheath – by Mike Meynell

End of totality – by Mike Meynell

Eclipse ending – by Mike Meynell

Lunar Eclipse – by Angelo Mastroberardino

Progression of the lunar eclipse – by Mike Meynell

Composite image of the lunar eclipse by Ted Teece

Peach of a Moon – by David Redfern. “Putting my artists hat on I enlisted the help of a peach and Photoshop and invented a passable image of what I saw in the early hours.”