Pictures: Check out the longest lunar eclipse of the century captured around the globe

Pictures: Check out the longest lunar eclipse of the century captured around the globe

Last Friday night and Saturday morning, skywatchers and photographers from around the globe observed the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.

As the moon passed through the Earth’s innermost shadow, it turned blood red due to our planet cutting off sunlight that usually gives the moon its silver colour.

The entire eclipse including partial phases lasted over six hours, and the total phase lasted for one hour and 43 minutes.

This eclipse lasted particularly long because the moon was close to its farthest point in orbit from the Earth.

The moonrise was visible from South America, West Africa, and Europe, while the totality of it was visible in Eastern and Southern Africa and Central Asia, and the moonset was visible from Eastern Asia and Australia.

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Istanbul, Turkey. Source: Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Warsaw, Poland. Source: AP Photo/Kin Cheung.

Warsaw, Poland. Source: AP Photo/Kin Cheung.

Kuwait City. Source: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Kuwait City, Kuwait. Source: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Rome, Italy. Source: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Rome, Italy. Source: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Greece. Source: Aris Messinis/AFP

Athens, Greece. Source: Aris Messinis/AFP

Quanzhou, China. Source: VCG/Getty Images

Quanzhou, China. Source: VCG/Getty Images

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Hechingen, Germany. Source: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images

Athens, Greece. Source: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Athens, Greece. Source: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia. Source: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia. Source: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia. Source: Anton Raharjo/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia. Source: Anton Raharjo/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Corinth, Greece. Source: Valerie Gache/AFP

Corinth, Greece. Source: Valerie Gache/AFP

Sydney, Australia. Source: Spencer/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia. Source: Spencer/Getty Images

Rome, Italy. Source: Awakening/Getty ImagesRome, Italy. Source: Awakening/Getty Images

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