Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse Photos

Taken 8/27-28/2026 Owings Mills, Md.
Nikon Coolpix 10 megapixel 26x optical. All fully zoomed in at f/5

Light clouds came and went, partially obscuring the view. I had to jockey around to get a view through my trees. I used a tripod with 2 second delay to keep the camera still during the longish exposures. I have to do better with the focus; auto doesn't work with this and manual is less than infinity (infinity = Andromeda?). The eclipse began at 9:23:32pm, maximum 96.2% at 12:12:55am, end at 3:02:03am (but I had gone to sleep).

11:06:22pm, 91ms
11:07:32pm, 10ms
11:07:42pm, 5ms
12:13:08am, 1000ms
12:13:28am, 1000ms
12:13:34am, 1000ms
12:13:50am, 2000ms
12:14:22am, 2000ms
12:16:14am, 1300ms
12:16:48am, 1000ms
12:17:14am, 2000ms
12:21:34am, 3000ms
12:23:56am, 3000ms
12:24:24am, 3000ms
12:24:44am, 2000ms
12:25:08am, 1000ms
12:25:32am, 2500ms
12:26:32am, 3000ms
12:26:56am, 500ms
12:27:18am, 1600ms

Taken 10/27/2004 Owings Mills, Md.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1 2 megapixel 12x optical

Light clouds came and went, partially obscuring the view. During totality the view was good with binoculars, but the light was too low to register in the camera's rangefinder. At maximum darkness the camera limits the exposure to 1/8 second at f2.8. At 12:28 I shifted the camera in the tripod and that affected the photo angle shown.

9:11 pm
9:15 pm
9:25 pm
9:41 pm
10:05 pm
10:16 pm
11:31 pm
11:40 pm
11:45 pm
11:57 pm
12:10 am
12:28 am
12:38 am
12:47 am
12:58 am