The last eclipse until 2014… even though we would only see the very end of the eclipse from the UK it was still worth making the effort.
I have pretty good horizons from a spot very close to home so was confident that I’d be able to see the moon almost as soon as she rose.
A Field in Coates
I knew that the moon was going to be rising just East of North East, but my digital compass decided it didn’t like being in a field and was telling me that North East was South :(. So Jamie and I watched the horizon for signs of the moon. After a few minutes Jamie found ice on a puddle more interesting 🙂
This image was taken at 15.53 and according to my estimate from Starry night the moon is only 5′ above the horizon!
In this one a maybe 30 seconds later the moon is a little higher at around 9′ altitude.
In this one a maybe a minute later at 15.54 the moon is a little higher at around 13′ altitude.
All in all I was quite chuffed to capture the moon this low!
I captured 102 (keepers) images in the 13 minutes before the moon went behind the clouds, but I made an animation – a little jumpy to start with, but smoother towards the end.
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