Total lunar eclipse occurs in July 2018

July 31, 2018

On Friday–Saturday &mdash;depending on observer's timezone&mdash; a total lunar eclipse occurred as the Moon was in the shadow of the Earth. As normal during such an eclipse, the Moon became faint and turned completely red as bluer light was by the Earth's atmosphere. Totality of 1 hour and 43 minutes was the longest in the 21st century.

People were able to observe the eclipse from Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. A volunteer named José Jiménez uploaded a photo of the incident today from in, Catalonia, Spain, featuring the Moon, Mars, and the  on the same photo.

German astronaut took photos of the Moon from the International Space Station and uploaded them to  on the same day.

According to timeanddate.com, the timeline of the eclipse was as follows.

Mars was also visible near the Moon; coming this week, reported, closer to Earth than at any time since 2003.