The sighting of this lunar eclipse turned
out to be quite exciting because of an ongoing cloud lottery. The Auerberg near the Alps was
due to the dense cloud
cover out of question. So the only option left was to flee in the
northwestern direction to Aichach in Swabia.
The partial
phase (1st contact) took place at
18:29. The beginning of
totality at 19:31 CEST (2nd contact) with the moon entering
the umbra was not visible from Bavaria and southern
Germany. In Aichach, the moon was visible from around 19:41,
while the sun set shortly afterwards at 19:44. The maximum of
the eclipse was reached at 20:12, and the total phase
(3rd
contact) ended around 20:55. After that, the Earth's
shadow on the moon could be observed for about another hour
until the spectacle completely ended at 21:57
(4th contact).
However, from my observation point the so-called blood moon
during the total phase became visible over the dense cloud-cirrus
conglomerate around 20:30 by
an altitude of ca. 7° over the horizon.
But then it became very clear and prompt the red-tinted earth's
trabant stood there immaculately.
End of the total phase
(3rd contact)
End of the Partial Phase
(4th contact)
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