
Wow! Great shot of the April 4, 2015 eclipse from Andrew Walters in South Australia. Thanks for posting to EarthSky Facebook, Andrew!
At the April 4, 2015 lunar eclipse, Earth’s dark umbral shadow barely engulfed the moon for about 5 minutes. At maximum, the moon was only 2 arcseconds within Earth’s shadow, according to some estimates. That’s in contrast to an average of about 1800-1900 arcseconds for the diameter of the moon itself. So you can see that the moon was barely within the shadow! EarthSky friends captured both the partial and the total eclipse. Thank you all for posting at EarthSky Facebook and G+, and for submitting to EarthSky!
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Jim Hatcher wrote, “What a great lunar event! Weather was perfect here in San Diego. We enjoyed just watching the eclipse taking place. It seems it was not exactly quite full.” It’s true that – despite the fact that this ecipse turned the moon red – some astronomers are still debating whether the eclipse was total.

Great shot of the total eclipse from Asthadi Setyawan in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. He posted at EarthSky Photos on G+.

Sergio Garcia Rill posted to EarthSky Facebook. He wrote: “Here’s a photo that summarizes my eclipse experience… There’s no much detail in the moon photos because there was a thin layer of clouds but you can get the idea of how the eclipse looked from Dallas.” Thanks, Sergio!

Jack Webb caught the eclipse in Wapiti, Wyoming, just outside the east entrance to Yellowstone Park.

Victor Goodpasture shot the eclipse at San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier. Thanks for submitting to EarthSky, Victor!

Near totality! Kenny Cagle in Hot Springs, Arkansas caught this photo. He posted it to EarthSky Photos on G+. Thanks, Kenny!