28 Sep
2015
28 Sep
'15
5:11 a.m.
We had a nice view from our front yard. The moon rose partially eclipsed as expected, into a thin cirrus layer but was into a patch of clear sky by totality. The moon was visibly darker at mid-eclipse than the last one, which was debated as having perhaps not been truly total. I was using my vintage 8x30mm Sans & Streiffe binocular which gave a pleasing image scale. Had to turn-in at mid-eclipse to get up early this morning for work. A nice way to end the current "eclipse season" of lunar eclipses. We have to wait a while for the next series, but at least we have Mars to look forward to in 2016.