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Use a tripod and a timer or brace yourself to avoid a blurry photo. If you're comfortable changing your phone settings, change your default photo format to RAW or Apple ProRAW to get much more detail.

Another way to take a picture of the moon with an iPhone is by extracting it from a video. This is a popular method seen on Reddit and TikTok, given that videos appear more zoomed in than photos.

Best time and what direction to look to photograph the lunar eclipse. The eclipse is set to begin at 11:57 p.m. ET/8:57 p.m. PT on Thursday and continue until 6:00 a.m. ET/3:00 a.m. PT on Friday.