Total lunar exlipse with Mars nearby - 27th July 2018

Today we could observe a special total lunar eclipse.

The moon rises up while the sun goes down. That's why the moon rises in a dark red colour.

Find a place with a view down South-east at 21:30 CEST

waiting for the red moon to rise during dusk 22:00 CEST

& a plane passed by.

 the moon at night

 Mars

 Moon and Mars

at 22:34 the ISS crossed the sky from west to east

at 23:10 CEST the moon started leaving the shaddow of the earth

Moon and Mars

I reduced the exposure time dramatically from 15 sec. to 1/160 sec.

at 00:17 CEST the dance of the moon, the earth and the sun was over