Images capture the celestial wonder of longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years
USA TODAY
Nov. 19, 2021, 8:25 a.m. ET
The Beaver Moon lunar eclipse seems to bursts from the arrow of 'Ad Astra,' the bronze statue adorning to top of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, early Friday morning. The partial eclipse lasted more than three hours making it the longest partial lunar eclipse to occur in 580 years.
Evert Nelson, The Capital-Journal Via USA TODAY NETWORKThe progression of the lunar eclipse over the Beaver Moon is shown in 20 minute increments starting at 4 am Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in the sky over Brick Township, NJ.
Thomas P. Costello, Asbury Park Press Via USA TODAY NETWORKPeople look on by a telescope as people gather to observe a lunar eclipse from the observation deck of Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2021.
PHILIP FONG, AFP Via Getty ImagesThe moon, with a partial lunar eclipse, is seen behind the Statue of Freedom, on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC early on Nov. 19, 2021. The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which bathed the Moon in red, was visible for a big slice of humanity. The moon was almost completely cast in shadow as it moved behind the Earth, reddening 99 percent of its face.
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, AFP Via Getty ImagesThe moon is seen during a lunar eclipse behind the One World Trade Center in New York early on Nov. 19, 2021.
YUKI IWAMURA, AFP Via Getty ImagesThe moon, with a partial lunar eclipse, is seen behind the Statue of Freedom, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC early on Nov. 19, 2021.
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, AFP Via Getty ImagesThe moon shines though clouds as people sit inside a rocket ship-themed playground tower before a lunar eclipse on Nov. 18, 2021 in Torrance, Calif.
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