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image credit & copyright: Fred Espenak (MrEclipse.com, TWAN)



the Moon slid through Earth's shadow on january 31, 2018 in a total lunar eclipse

in this time-lapse sequence of that eclipse from Portal, Arizona, USA, the partial eclipse starts with the Moon high in the western sky

the eclipse total phase lasted about 76 minutes, but totality ended after the dark, reddened Moon set below the horizon

the next total lunar eclipse visible from anywhere on planet Earth won't take place until may 26, 2021, and then the total eclipse will last a mere 15 minutes






































in apod.nasa.gov/apod