Brits lucky enough to have clear skies today were treated to a Blood Moon lunar eclipse as the Earth moved directly between the Sun and the Moon.

As the Moon passed into the Earth's shadow, our planet's atmosphere scattered blue light, allowing red wavelengths to pass through and bathe the Moon in a coppery glow.

The celestial event began at around 4.30pm BST on Sunday (September 7), around three hours before moonrise across the UK.

The maximum eclipse - when the Moon glowed its most vibrant shade of red - occurred at around 7.11pm, about 20 minutes before moonrise.

Some UK observers might have been able to catch some of the Blood Moon before the total lunar eclipse phase ended at 7.52pm, while lucky skywatchers in parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia were treat

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