--- title: See Photos of the Shortest Lunar Eclipse of the Century description: The full "blood moon" lunar eclipse lasted just five minutes canonical: https://time.com/3771423/photos-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-04T13:48:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:42.696Z article:section: Science og:title: See the Photos of the Shortest Lunar Eclipse of the Century og:description: The full "blood moon" lunar eclipse lasted just five minutes og:url: https://time.com/3771423/photos-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d4635a61a4440ab/698786b2cd1bba88e96f6058/lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2650 og:image:height: 1491 og:image:alt: The eclipse above cherry blossoms in Shiraishi city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on April 4, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Photos of the Shortest Lunar Eclipse of the Century twitter:description: The full "blood moon" lunar eclipse lasted just five minutes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d4635a61a4440ab/698786b2cd1bba88e96f6058/lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Photos of the Shortest Lunar Eclipse of the Century > Sponsored content. 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