The AAA free class on this was hosted by Stan Honda. Suggested website for tracking information is timeanddate.com. Stan know photography. So this is in anticipation of the coming Lunar Eclipse.
Honda's suggested exposure setting:
Telephoto zoom: focus on moon
Wide angle: focus on distant building or bright light
Manual mode, don't use Auto.
Partial phases: need to "overexpose" by 1+ f-stops to maintain brightness
Suggest using spot meter setting in camera
At start - similar to full moon: ISO800, 1/1000 sec, f5.6
Closer to Totality: ISO800, 1/125 sec, f5.6
Decent wide angle shot with NYC skyline: 200mm lens, ISO1600, 1 sec, f5.6
Big moon is up at sunset, getting bigger each day
For Composites:
Need sequence of images at regular intervals
Suggest 1-minute intervals
Use wireless/wired remote interval timer or internal interval timer in the camera
May need to adjust exposure setting leading up to totality
Will need to adjust exposure for totality
Check focus every 20-30 min.
Star trail photography freeware recommended: StarStaX
AAA has tutorials on various related subjects on youtube.
This is the time table for Perth Amboy:
Magnitude 1.1782
Duration 6h, 2m, 41s
Duration of totality 1h, 5m, 20s
Penumbral begins Mar 13 at 11:57:28 pm
Partial begins Mar 14 at 1:09:40 am
Full begins Mar 14 at 2:26:06 am
Maximum Mar 14 at 2:58:43 am
Full ends Mar 14 at 3:31:26 am
Partial ends Mar 14 at 4:47:52 am
Penumbral ends Mar 14 at 6:00:09 am
Update 3/21/2025: It was cloudy, no moon for me to see that day, so I shared this on Facebook, someone (Tom Matheson) did a 3D stereogram of the Lunar Eclipse back in 2010 & 2019:
