Partly cloudy and a dirty dome on my allsky camera limited the ‘awe’, but you can still certainly tell that our Moon is diminishing in brightness ( and going ‘dark’ ) in this time lapse. Pay attention to the timestamp at the top left corner of the screen.
Here are the key times:
- 02:48 – First contact of Earth’s penumbra ( starting partial block of the Sun’s light )
- 03:45 – First contact of Earth’s umbra ( the darkest part of the shadow )
- 05:11 – Totality begins
- 05:19 – Mid-point of Totality
- 05:25 – Totality ends
- 06:13 – Sunrise
2 Comments
Herbie AKA Redjaguar100 · 2021-05-26 at 16:42
Wow, That was amazing. I had to watch it several times to spot the different segments during the key times. The moon totally went dark or disappeared right in front of the camera.
Michael · 2021-05-26 at 16:47
Ya, the camera exposure was adapting to the loss of light for the first bit, so it made it harder to recognize ( the exposure time is also in the upper left corner ). Considering the clouds and dirt on the dome, I’m well pleased with the result.. 🙂
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