Mars Meets the MiniMoon During the Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the Century

By David Dickinson - July 25, 2018 11:34 AM UTC | Planetary Science
One of the top astronomy events of 2018 occurs on the evening of Friday, July 27th, when the Moon enters the shadow of the Earth for a total lunar eclipse. In the vernacular that is the modern internet, this is what's becoming popular as a "Blood Moon," a time when the Moon reddens due to the refracted light of a thousand sunsets falling on it as the pass through the ruddy limb of the Earth.
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