Total lunar eclipse of 28-09-2015 

On september 28, a lunar eclipse was visible in Europe. It was a beautiful eclipse with nice colouring. During totalty, the colour of the ecluipsed moon varied from orange near the rim of the shadow to deep dark red - to brown in the shadow centre which corresponds to a Danjon estimation of 1.5 to 2.

 

Start of the eclipse around 03:00 AM

 

  03:40 Halfway the partial phase.

 

04:05

 

04:21

 

04:27

 

04:36 almost maximum eclipse

 

04\:53: Beautiful red moon.

 

05:16 5 minutes beforte end of totality

 

05:35 12 minutes after totality ends

 

06:07 20 minutes before eclipse ends.