Washington sees the longest partial lunar eclipse in centuries

The longest partial lunar eclipse in a millennium dazzled evening skies in Washington on Friday (November 19), in an occasion dubbed the “Blood Moon” resulting from its crimson haze.

The partial eclipse, lasting for 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds, is the longest since February 18, 1440, in keeping with NASA.

Throughout the eclipse, which may very well be seen from america, Japan and Chile, as much as 99.1% of the Moon’s disk might be inside Earth’s darkest shadow, NASA stated.

The following longest partial eclipse will happen in 2669.