IN PHOTOS | Partial lunar eclipse here and abroad

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.

(Ed Ou/Reuters)

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

(Bryce Hoye/CBC)

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

(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.

(Ronald Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

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

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

(Matthew Hinton/The Associated Press)

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

(Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

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

(Eraldo Peres/The Associated Press)

In Europe

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

(Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

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

(Isabel Infantes/Reuters)

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

(Armando Franca/The Associated Press)

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

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