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Lunar eclipse to grace pre-dawn sky

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A partial lunar eclipse will take place just before dawn on Friday morning .

The last total lunar eclipse in the UK occurred in 2022 .

For those in North America , most of South America , and western Greenland , the eclipse will be total.

People sometimes refer to a lunar eclipse as a "blood moon" because of the way the Moon turns a deep, coppery red.