The spectacular total lunar eclipse that took place last week-end gathered millions of sky-gazers, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, but those who missed it will have another chance this summer.

The most recent total lunar eclipse was on 3 March 2007 to 4 March 2007. It was L=3 to L=4 on the Danjon scale (a five-point scale useful for measuring the appearance and luminosity of the Moon during a lunar eclipse), it was fully visible over Europe and Africa and at least partly visible over the eastern Americas, Asia, and western Australia. The moon entered the penumbral shadow at 20:18 UTC, and the umbral shadow at 21:30 UTC. The total phase lasted between 22:44 UTC and 23:58 UTC.