View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Robert Hall in South Mississippi took this image of the lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021. He wrote: “The moon turned red once it was 90% eclipsed.” Thank you, Robert! See more lunar eclipse photos below.
Lunar eclipse photos: Best yet from EarthSky
During the deep partial lunar eclipse of November 18-19, 2021, some 97% of the moon was submerged in Earth’s shadow. The moon took on the coppery red color characteristic of a total lunar eclipse. This eclipse was particularly viewable from North America. And EarthSky heard from many observers – both at our community photo page and at EarthSky Facebook – who saw the eclipse. It was grand! Our thanks to all who contributed photos!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeff Berkes saw the eclipse on the morning of November 19, 2021, at East Point Lighthouse, New Jersey. He caught both the eclipsed moon and the tiny, misty, dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster, aka the 7 Sisters, which happened to be nearby. Jeff wrote: “Clouds, gusty winds and rain cleared the area around 2 a.m. Eastern Time and allowed me to view and photograph this beautiful moment.” Beautiful indeed. Thank you, Jeff!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Joel Weatherly in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, kindly provided this cool composite image, showing how the moon moved through Earth’s shadow on eclipse night. He captured the 3 eclipse images on the morning of November 19, 2021, and superimposed them on a diagram of the dark inner shadow of Earth, called the umbra, and the lighter surrounding penumbra. Joel wrote: “Eclipses present a neat opportunity to see the shape of our planet. This image features photos from last night’s partial lunar eclipse superimposed over a diagram of Earth’s shadow. The scale is approximate. This image is for illustrative purposes.” Thank you, Joel! It’s like seeing an eclipse diagram coming to life!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lisa Ann Fanning in Monmouth County, New Jersey, took these images of the lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021. She wrote: “Compilation of eclipse images approximately 10 minutes apart.” Thank you, Lisa!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Joshua Rhoades in St. Louis, Missouri, took this image of the eclipse on November 19, 2021. He wrote: “The November 2021 lunar eclipse over the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.” Thank you, Joshua!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Forister in Charlottesville, Virginia, took this image of the eclipse on November 19, 2021. Peter wrote: “This is my shot of the beautiful November 2021 lunar eclipse! I was awake all night taking photos of the scene. This is an HDR composite image of two exposures. The first for the shadow side was tracked at 15″ ISO 100 f/10, and the second for the illuminated side was 1/20″ ISO 100 f/10 (the 2 shots taken 10 seconds apart).” Thank you, Peter!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Sergio Garcia Rill at George Observatory in Houston, Texas, took these images on November 19, 2021. He wrote: “This image represents the night of the lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021, as seen from the George Observatory at Brazos Bend State Park near Houston, Texas. I took photos from the beginning through the end of the eclipse and merged them to represent the whole phases of the eclipse as the shadow of the earth slowly covered the moon until it was almost (97%) covered, and then as it moved out of the shadow and returned to normal before sunrise.” Thank you, Sergio!Eliot Herman from Tucson, Arizona, captured this image of the eclipse moon by the Pleiades star cluster and shared it on his Flickr page. Thank you, Eliot!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tomas Lozanomatiz in Bogota, Sabananorte, Colombia, took this picture of the eclipsed moon on the horizon on November 19, 2021. Thank you, Tomas!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Karl Diefenderfer took this image of the eclipse on November 19, 2021. He wrote: “Lunar eclipse over Quakertown, Pennsylvania.” Thanks, Karl!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lorraine Boyd in Delmar, New York, wrote: “Even though we had cloudy skies, there were breaks and I was able to capture the Full Beaver Moon partial lunar eclipse. It was a beautiful sight to see.” It was, wasn’t it? Thank you, Lorraine!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marcia Bower in Syracuse, New York, wrote on November 19, 2021: “This morning’s eclipse.” Thank you for this beautiful photo, Marcia! Find details on the eclipse here. It’s over now, but … in case you were wondering …View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia, wrote: “The lunar eclipse of November 18-19, 2021, from the beginning to the maximum eclipse of 97%. Photos were taken in the Heavenly Backyard garden using the Orion EON 130mm refractor telescope. There were periods of dense cloud cover which caused some of the middle images to be a bit blurry, as I had to work around the brief cloud openings but the sky clear just before the maximum portion of the eclipse.” Great work, Patrick! Thanks for sharing.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marsha Kirschbaum took this image of the eclipsed moon on November 19, 2021. Marsha wrote: “With the weather forecast for clouds, I honestly didn’t think I would see the eclipse and went to sleep. I awoke shortly before 1:00 a.m., threw on a jacket and went outside. There it was! Shining through a thin layer of clouds. I ran inside and grabbed my camera and tripod. I was able to get this photo before the clouds thickened up and the moon disappeared.” Thank you, Marsha!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Leonardo Parias in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, took this image of the eclipse and Pleiades on November 18, 2021. Leonardo wrote: “Awesome lunar eclipse last night! It’s really something special to be able to see a starry sky and the moon at the same time. Here you can see the Pleaides star cluster to the left of the frame.” Thank you, Leonardo!
Bottom line: A selection of lunar eclipse photos from the EarthSky Community. Did you see it? It was a deep partial eclipse … almost total! November 18-19, 2021. Submit your photo to EarthSky here.
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