The full moon of March is traditionally known as the "Worm Moon". This year it was also eclipsed.
The sequence below spanned the time from 2:52 am to 4:46 am MST in the wee hours of 03 March. There was a cloud band to the north at the start and some clouds did eventually come sliding past, but the eclipse was mostly unobstructed. I gave up just before the official end of totality because a stubborn cloud was partially obscuring the moon.
The copper hue captured so well by the camera was not very apparent visually. Even when viewed through the Sightron D50 refractor at 22x, the color was very washed out. There may have been a high thin cloud layer attenuating the color. A hint of this haze layer is evident in the middle picture of the montage below.
Equipment used: Astro-Tech AT72EDII refractor + Olympus E-M5iii camera on a ZWO AM3 mount.
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| Maximum eclipse: 04:34 am |
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| Just past peak, with background stars visible (north to the right) |
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