I Got Up at 3am So You Wouldn't Have To: The Last Lunar Eclipse Before 2029

I didn't really feel like it, but lunar eclipses are dramatic, and this was the last one to take place until 2029, so I got up a few times between 2am and 4am to snap a few shots of the event

Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth moves in-between the Sun and the Moon, and casts a shadow across the face of the Moon. The shadow is spherical, by the way, so flat-earthers can re-examine their belief system.

The darkened portion of the lunar disk is much darker than the lit portion, and was hard to focus on with my limited photographic equipment.

The red color is due to the red edge of the visible light spectrum being bent through the Earth's atmosphere. It could be kind of cool to see a lunar eclipse from the Moon itself. I assume the Earth would have a red ring around it.

I would have stayed up longer, but my camera (based on previous experience) probably wouldn't focus right, and I had to work today.

One cool aspect of lunar eclipses is that many more stars appear during totality. My phone couldn't focus so much on the Moon, but did show how many stars were visible near the Moon that wouldn't otherwise be visible.