Blood Moon Dazzles Star Gazers in Longest Lunar Eclipse of 21St Century

Blood Moon Dazzles Star Gazers in Longest Lunar Eclipse of 21St Century
A full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon before a lunar eclipse in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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NAIROBI—A blood-red moon dazzled star gazers across much of the world on Friday when the earth’s natural satellite moved into the shadow of our planet for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century.