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Blood Moon 2025: See the stunning views from Great Pyramids of Giza to India as celestial event lights up the skies

Blood Moon 2025: The total eclipse, or the “totality” phase, lasted 82 minutes, giving skywatchers plenty of time to admire the moon’s dramatic transformation

Blood Moon 2025: During a total eclipse, Earth blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon (Image source: AFP, China Xinhua News)

The world witnessed a spectacular sight on Sunday night as a rare ‘Blood Moon’, a total lunar eclipse and the longest since 2022, lit up the skies over Asia, much of Europe, and parts of Africa. This stunning celestial event occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align perfectly, casting Earth’s shadow onto the lunar surface.

As the Moon slips into this shadow, it takes on a haunting, deep-red hue that has captivated skygazers for centuries. NASA explains that lunar eclipses only happen during a full moon, when the moon is directly opposite the sun. During a total eclipse, Earth blocks direct sunlight from reaching the moon. However, some sunlight still bends through Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the moon’s surface, filtered and scattered in such a way that only the longer, red wavelengths remain.

“The moon turns red during an eclipse because the sunlight that hits it has passed through Earth’s atmosphere. Blue light gets scattered more easily, while red light makes it through—giving the moon its eerie, blood-like glow,” said Ryan Milligan, an astrophysicist at Queen’s University Belfast, AFP reported.

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Here’s a look at the ‘Blood Moon’ as viewed across continents.

A rare “Blood Moon” lit up Shanghai’s Bund tonight 🌕✨ During the total lunar eclipse, stargazers across Asia, Europe, and Africa were treated to this breathtaking sight.#BloodMoon #Shanghai pic.twitter.com/d9FGd0Ltf9

— Shanghai Daily (@shanghaidaily) September 7, 2025

Took the boys out tonight looking for a nice view of the Blood Moon!🌕 #BloodMoon #Boise pic.twitter.com/zF21azZeVP

— Nash & Ruger & Maverick +Steve (@SLBake1031) September 8, 2025

The #BloodMoon glowing above the Great Pyramids of Giza — history and cosmos in one breathtaking frame https://t.co/5rLjTevV1x pic.twitter.com/x6XxwWMWZu

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 7, 2025

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The moon really is a gorgeous, gorgeous girl. Love when she peeks out over the farm, @CultFarms 🌕 #bloodmoon2025 pic.twitter.com/8iT22k0OSy

— DOM 🪄 (@fairybrandmuva_) September 8, 2025

7 Sept 2025 • Blood Moon 🌕🔴 (Total Lunar Eclipse) from India #bloodmoon2025 #LunarEclipse pic.twitter.com/L5MCCgfSNm

— Samachar Khabar (@samacharkhabar) September 8, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | Mesmerising ‘Red Moon’ or the ‘Blood Moon’ as the #LunarEclipse enters its Total phase pic.twitter.com/UNlHsPeoYH

— ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2025

#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal | The partial phase of #TotalLunarEclipse begins pic.twitter.com/yTExEJARow

— ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2025

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The total eclipse, or the “totality” phase, lasted 82 minutes, giving skywatchers plenty of time to admire the moon’s dramatic transformation.

“The moon will be fully eclipsed from 11:01 pm to 12:23 am for a duration of 82 minutes,” said Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, Head of the Science, Communication, Public Outreach and Education (SCOPE) Section at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, in a statement to news agency PTI.

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