Skygazers had the chance to observe a blood moon on Friday as the Earth’s satellite took on a reddish hue.

The event was visible to much of the world’s population and was the longest blood moon of the century – but heavy clouds in Glasgow and across the UK meant the spectacle was obscured for many.

Still, for those in the city who were not able to catch a glimpse, this is how it looked for the rest of the world:

Greece Lunar Eclipse A full moon with a pinkish tinge rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon in cape Sounio, about 40 miles south of Athens (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
No moon over London No such luck on the London skyline, with not a celestial body in sight (Yui Mok/PA)
Israel Blood Moon A blood moon rises over Tel Aviv, Israel (Ariel Schalit/AP)
Blood Moon lightning over Hull There was some excitement from lightning flashes over Hull – but no moon on show (Danny Lawson/PA)
Gaza Moon A blood moon rises over Gaza City (Hatem Moussa/AP)
Liverpool waterfront sky The sky over Liverpool waterfront looked dramatic… but not in a lunar sense (Peter Byrne/PA)
Switzerland Lunar Eclipse The moon turns red as seen from Lucerne, Switzerland (Urs Flueeler/PA)
Blood Moon over Hampshire Even this telescope at Chilbolton Observatory near Stockbridge in Hampshire couldn’t help (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Turkey Blood Moon A blood moon rises over Turkish capital Ankara (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Blood Moon 2018 Clouds at Stonehenge in Wiltshire obscuring a view of the Blood moon (Steve Parsons/PA)
Italy Lunar Eclipse The moon is framed by the Colosseum (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
Blood Moon over London There could be disappointment for these lunar fans on Primrose Hill in London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Australia Lunar Eclipse Cloud begins to obscure the moon over Sydney, Australia (Rick Rycroft/AP)
Blood Moon over Ely Clouds over Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire where dense (Joe Giddens/PA)
Kenya Lunar Eclipse A blood moon is seem with Mars on the bottom right (white dot) from Nairobi, Kenya (Sayyid Abdul Azim/AP)