From my neck of the woods, last night’s lunar eclipse was a washout due to cloudy weather. Fortunately, the Moon’s view of Earth has no such problem with overcast.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1: Ghost Riders in the Sky, was able to relay the eclipse as seen from its lunar lander.
Oh, and about the lunar eclipse itself, I came about these interesting tidbits on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website:
"On March 14 the Moon was Full. In an appropriate celebration of Pi day, that put the Moon 3.14 radians (180 degrees) in ecliptic longitude from the Sun in planet Earth's sky. As a bonus for fans of Pi and the night sky, on that date the Moon also passed directly through Earth's umbral shadow in a total lunar eclipse." [Again] "...the moon [was] Pi radians from the Sun at exactly 06:55 UTC. That's about three minutes before the midpoint of the March Full Moon's total lunar eclipse."
Neat!
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| During the eclipse. |
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| Just moments after totality. |
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| The Earth days before the lunar eclipse. |
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| The Earth and the "Diamond Ring" effect just after totality. |
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