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More pictures from Northern NJ:

Just before totality ~7:55 EST

Supposedly during totality ~8:25 EST

It doesn't really appear that the "southern" portion of the moon was ever totally eclipsed.

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[StriperSniper]

It doesn't really appear that the "southern" portion of the moon was ever totally eclipsed.

I had that impression too. I've seen it where it goes blood red all over.

[dr_lew]

It doesn't really appear that the "southern" portion of the moon was ever totally eclipsed.

I think we can trust that the moon was within the earth's umbra during the predicted time of totality. I believe that near the edge of the umbra the light refracted through the earth's atmosphere is brighter and whiter than the more sharply refracted light nearer the center which is darker and redder.

You can actually see this when you look at the partially eclipsed moon, but the penumbra is so much brighter it tends to make the umbra appear uniformly dark.

[StopGlobalWhining]

It doesn't really appear that the "southern" portion of the moon was ever totally eclipsed.

That was exactly what I observed in Central Pennsylvania (State College). I don't ever remember a total lunar eclipse being this bright, although it's been at least a dozen years since I last observed one.