This composite image shows the progression of the Lunar eclipse from 3:27-4:02 am EST on November 19, 2021 with Earth's Umbra represented by the grey circle. The direction of motion of the Moon is from the right to the left. I pulled from pictures with exposures set to capture the sunlit portion of the lunar disk for this version of the eclipse progression composite. I ended up with 4 images spaced about 30 minutes apart for this sequence and added a fifth picture taken before the eclipse of the full Moon.
See:
https://astrob.in/ajmhp5/0/ for a version using images with exposure set for the shadowed region of the lunar disk. See that post for the calculations used to size the circle representing the Earth's umbra.
Imaged with WO GT81 at F12 using a 2x Celestron barlow (478x2=~956 mm focal length) and Nikon D750 full frame DSLR. Four single shots at ISO1600. Combined five images of the Moon and separate image with a circle sized to match the Earth's umbra at this image scale using GIMP.
Image 1: 1:06 am EST
Image 2: 2:28 am EST
Image 3: 3:04 am EST
Image 4: 3:38 am EST
Image 5: 4:00 am EST
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