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Skygazers got to see a partial lunar eclipse across the Americas, Europe and Africa on Thursday evening into Friday.

The lunar eclipse, named the “almost blood moon,” peaked just after midnight ET with 96 per cent of the moon’s visible surface covered by Earth’s shadow, making it a near-total lunar eclipse.

Check out the celestial views because another lunar eclipse won’t occur until New Year’s Eve 2028.

In Canada

Over Vancouver, the full moon during a phase of the lunar eclipse in the night sky.

A rising full moon in the sky, seen between buildings at night.

(Ed Ou/Reuters)

Condos and a bridge lit at night, with a rising full moon in the sky.

(Ed Ou/Reuters)

A partial lunar eclipse is pictured in the night sky above Osborne Village in Winnipeg.

A closeup of a phase of the lunar eclipse.

(Bryce Hoye/CBC)

A partial lunar eclipse is seen from the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto.

A partial lunar eclipse in the sky at night next a building.

(Showwei Chu/CBC)

In other parts of the Americas

A person takes a cellphone photo of the lunar eclipse from the George Observatory at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, Texas.

A woman holding up a cellphone towards the sky and the front shows a scene of a full moon.

(Ronald Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

A partial lunar eclipse is seen behind the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.

A partial lunar eclipse is seen rising behind an obelisk.

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A partial lunar eclipse is seen along the golden edge of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

A full moon during a partial lunar eclipse, rising above the curved edge of a stadium at night.

(Matthew Hinton/The Associated Press)

The moon in the sky over the Mexican flag during a partial lunar eclipse in Ciudad Juarez.

A full moon during a partial lunar eclipse with blurry Mexican national flag in the foreground.

(Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

The moon rises behind a coconut palm during a partial lunar eclipse in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil.

A reddish full moon during a phase of a lunar eclipse, with coconut palm leaves in the foreground.

(Eraldo Peres/The Associated Press)

In Europe

The moon during a partial lunar eclipse appears in the sky over Warsaw.

A full moon rising over street flanked by buildings.

(Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

People take in a partial lunar eclipse from Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, in London.

The backs of people as they watch a rising full moon in the dark.

(Isabel Infantes/Reuters)

A plane approaches for landing in Lisbon during a partial lunar eclipse.

A plane passing a full moon during a partial lunar eclipse in the sky.

(Armando Franca/The Associated Press)

A view of the lunar eclipse in the night sky in Goutz, France.

Reddish partial lunar eclipse in the night sky.

(Isabelle Souriment/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images)