A blood moon

Friday night will see a very unusual event in the sky, the longest lunar eclipse of the century. And it will be visible across Sweden.

The eclipse will begin at 21:15 over Malmö, as the Moon rises above the horizon. It will continue until it leaves the Earth?s shadow at 01:30 Saturday morning.

?Since the Moon is unusually far from the Earth in its orbit right now, it will appear smaller than usual, but will take longer to pass through the Earth?s shadow, which will make the lunar eclipse unusually long,? Robert Cummings of the magazine Populär Astronomi tells...