Had some light rain (0.14") on Thursday, 19 February 2026. Brief light rain (0.02") Friday morning, 20 February, with a pretty sunset that evening. Cloudy skies continued. Fortunately, the sky was mostly clear for the Total Lunar Eclipse early on Tuesday morning, 3 March 2026.

I mounted my Nikon D850 DSLR with Tamron 150-600mm lens on a camera tripod in Alt/Az mode (no tracking), as seen in this iPhone 15 Pro Max photo taken before the Partial phase began.

This D850 DSLR photo (f/6.3, 1/500sec, ISO 100, FL 600mm, cropped) was taken before the Partial phase began.

I then took images of the Moon at about 15 minute intervals during the Partial phase and during Totality. Some clouds partially obscured the Moon as the Partial phase ended. Exposures ranged from 1/320sec to 1 second, ISO 100 to 1600, f/6.3, focal length 600mm, cropped, for this montage.

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Mid-eclipse, f/6.3, 1 second, ISO 1600, FL 600mm, cropped.

I took these iPhone 15 Pro Max photos at various times during the eclipse. The Moon was in the constellation of Leo.

To the naked eye, this eclipse was fairly dark as seen from my dark sky location.

This iPhone photo (5X lens) shows the setting Full Moon in the western sky as the Sun was beginning to rise in the eastern sky, and the Belt of Venus.

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