We were treated to a fantastic celestial alignment this month: the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly six centuries.

At its maximum, the Earth's shadow covered just over 97 percent of the Moon's face, making it a total eclipse in all but name.

Because only a tiny sliver of the lunar surface remained in direct sunlight, the rest of the Moon took on that gorgeous, deep reddish-brown hue caused by sunlight refracting through our atmosphere.

Cover Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio