There is going to be a total lunar eclipse the night of Thursday, 13-14 March. It will start about 2257 (10:57pm), with totality around 0200, and ending around 0500.
Too far in advance to be sure but I may try to view it at CRO if the weather is good. More on this later, but everyone interested needs to get it on their calendars now!
Going to be out of town for this one.
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:57 pm Thu, Mar 13 Penumbral Eclipse begins
12:09 am Fri, Mar 14 Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
1:26 am Fri, Mar 14 Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
1:58 am Fri, Mar 14 Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
2:31 am Fri, Mar 14 Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
3:47 am Fri, Mar 14 Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
5:00 am Fri, Mar 14 Penumbral Eclipse ends
I’m sorry I wasn’t at the meeting last night to discuess this, but i know that Ron announced it for me. Thank you Ron!
As I said above, I am thinking of going to CRO that night (with my trailer) but it’s been suggested to me the club might be interested in doing something in the city. As it doesn’t begin until 2257 and ends at 0500, with totality from 0130 to 0230, on a weeknight, I wasn’t thinking of having a local event. All would be welcome to join me at CRO (or wherever I end up), but I want to see if anyone would come to a local event. Probably either at Arbor Gardens Park, or Bluff Creek Park (or both!).
If anyone is interested in setting up in the city, please post on here and maybe others will join you! The moon is bright enough there’s no real need to go to CRO or darker areas. I am mainly thinking of going there so I can set up my trailer and get a little sleep while still recording it.
I might be able to join you anywhere you end up, but will need to play it by ear.
I think I’ll stay with my backyard for this. Weather Underground says it should be clear for the eclipse, but will be fairly windy. 15-20mph. I can block the wind better in my yard with fences and buildings than I can at CRO.
But even if you go to bed early, everyone should set an alarm, go outsdie and at least look at it about 0126!
Just testing out a new Seestar S50 on the Moon tonight. Getting ready for the eclipse. Any tips for setting it up for the eclipse?
Yeah, same here, I’ll be hanging out around the house. Been playing with a Hestia that was gifted me. Fun so far but still learning. Discovered an issue with my phone that I hope to have corrected for tonight. Got cloudy, I was going to test it out on the sun this afternoon.
Here’s to hoping these clouds clear out as Mitche says!
I may go out to CRO to view this lunar eclipse. I usually view lunar eclipses from home, however, the May 15, 2022 lunar eclipse forced me to go out to CRO because it was overcast in the OKC area but clear at CRO. Seeing the eclipsed moon in a dark sky full of stars was an awesome sight.
Tim Livingston
Is anyone for certain going out to cro tonight?
Though it’s calm right now, winds are predicted to pick up to 15mph or more late this afternoon and through the night.
Some clouds are predicted early in the evening, but it looks like it will be clear both at CRO and in the city by the start of the eclipse. The further east you are, the clouds will clear later, but even in Midwest City my apps are showing it will clear by around 2300.
I think I’m going to stay home, as it looks like the 15-20mph winds will be from the south and CRO offers little protection from that direction. In my backyard I can use my fence to block the wind and should still be able to view the moon.
Makes sense. I will still try to photograph. The eclipse tonight. See hoe heavy scope holds up. There are some trees where i live that hopefully will break the wind a bit.
I had been planning to set up on the N-NE side of the building to block the wind during the eclipse. I had planned to stay the rest of the night and drive home mid morning Friday. However, the forecast predicts crazy high winds and gusts from the south Friday morning through afternoon. I don’t want to be driving in that so I’m just going to view the eclipse from home.
Tim L
Late notice, but I am headed out to CRO here in a bit for the lunar eclipse. I will have some family members with me, so if CRO is not opened, I will be opening it up in about 2.5 hours.
The steady winds should be around 15 MPH, but gusting into the 20’s.
It should be great out there tonight. It’s already clearing in the west at my house, so hopefully the forecasters will be right for once and it will be clear both at CRO and in the city!
I sat up at home and had a friend over for a while. I think i have had a successful night. Will see when i get the pictures downloaded.
I really like all of the pictures and posts on the Total Lunar Eclipse. We have such talented members.
I haven’t taken any pictures of a Lunar eclipse since 2010. The weather didn’t look favorable and I hadn’t really made a plan for taking pictures this year. I went out before dark and it was cloudy, so I didn’t setup my mount. I did venture out at around 10:00 PM and it was clear. The bug got to me and I decide to attempt to take some photos with my Canon and telephoto lens on a tripod. It is difficult to keep the moon centered and you have to deal with variations in brightness with the eclipse covering more of the moon as it progresses.
I took pictures every 10 minutes. That way I had time to adjust the camera and settings before each shot. I was able to get some decent pictures as the night went along. Lunar Eclipse takes a really long time.
I worked on the images in Lightroom classic and decide that I wanted to display them in a composition of the eclipse with a good landscape image. The picture I am posting is not a true astronomical photograph, but rather an artistic composition. The lunar were combine in photoshop with the landscape picture.
The background landscape was taken in 2023 in Big Bend National Park. The eclipse photos are from this March 2025 total lunar eclipse taken at my home in Skiatook, OK and each photo is approximately 20 minutes apart.
Let me know what you think?
Stan
I really love that pic! I’ve tried to do those types of composites before but not to any decent success, good work.
Joel thanks for the kind words. This was my first attempt at a composite. I watched a couple youTube views, but the one I used the most from was this one. https://youtu.be/6fcFwRiJkRo?si=-FgxcHLoremOuVhO
It was pretty short and to the point. In photoshop I used the screen blend mode instead of his suggestion for ligthen.
Thanks…
Stan
