Last week, sky gazers were treated to a stunning astronomical display - a partial lunar eclipse.
Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon , blocking the sunlight from reaching the lunar surface.
This particular event saw a full Moon called the ‘Buck Moon’ falling almost exactly in line with the sun and the Earth, resulting in a partial lunar eclipse.
Now, NASA has featured a stunning image of the moon during the event as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.
The beautiful photo was snapped by photographer Cristian Fattinnazzi, who saw the lunar eclipse from Montecassiano, Italy.
NASA explained: “The circularity of the Earth's shadow on the Moon was commented on by Aristotle and so has been noticed since at least the 4th century BC.
"What's new is humanity's ability to record this shadow with such high dynamic range (HDR).
"The featured HDR composite of last week's partial lunar eclipse combines 15 images and include an exposure as short as 1/400th of a second - so as not to overexpose the brightest part - and an exposure that lasted five seconds - to bring up the dimmest part.
“This dimmest part - inside Earth's umbra - is not completely dark because some light is refracted through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.”
If you missed the lunar eclipse, unfortunately there’s a bit of a wait before the next one.
The next lunar eclipse, which will be a total lunar eclipse, is due to take place on 26 May 2021.
