The longest lunar eclipse of the century is about to happen

By Tanya Hill
July 23 2018 - 5:00pm
A person and a dog watch as the super blue blood moon rises in Israel earlier this year. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
A person and a dog watch as the super blue blood moon rises in Israel earlier this year. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

July has already been a real treat for stargazers, with five planets to see in the evening sky, Mars looking the best we’ve seen in 15 years, and now, in the early hours of Saturday morning July 28, there will be an extraordinary total lunar eclipse.

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