CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 08/09/2025: The blood moon appears throughout the lunar eclipse in Chennai on Sunday, The overall lunar eclipse peaked around 11.48 pm and ended at around 12:22 am. The lunar eclipse lasted for a little over 48 minutes throughout India for celestial lovers to witness. Picture B. Jothi Ramalingam/ The Hindu.|Picture Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B
From Ladakh to Tamil Nadu, skywatchers turned their look towards the moon Sunday night to witness an uncommon’ Blood Moon’or the overall lunar eclipse.
The earth’s shadow began covering the lunar disc at 9:57 pm as the moon played conceal and look for in the cloudy skies with monsoon rains lashing parts of the nation.
The earth’s shadow will entirely cover the moon at 11:01 pm, turning it coppery red, installing an uncommon display screen of ‘Blood Moon’.
“The Moon will be fully eclipsed from 11.01 pm to 12.23 am for a duration of 82 minutes,” Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, Head of Science, Communication, Public Outreach and Education (SCOPE) Section, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, stated.
The moon appears red throughout lunar eclipses since the only sunshine reaching it is shown and spread through the earth’s environment, B S Shylaja, previous director at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium stated.
The Indian Institute of Astrophysics has actually turned the telescopes at its schools in Bengaluru, Ladakh and Tamil Nadu towards the moon and were streaming the development of the overall lunar eclipse reside on social networks platforms.
Cloudy skies played spoilsport at numerous parts of the nation, however the live streams established by astronomy lovers world over offseted the dissatisfaction due to overcast skies.
The overall lunar eclipse showed up from throughout Asia and parts of Europe, Africa and west Australia.
Sunday’s eclipse was the longest overall lunar eclipse noticeable from India because 2022 and the very first considering that July 27, 2018 to be observed from all parts of the nation.
The next overall lunar eclipse will show up from the nation on December 31, 2028.
Eclipses are unusual and do not take place every complete or brand-new moon due to the fact that the moon’s orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to the earth’s orbit around the Sun.
A lunar eclipse takes place when the earth comes in between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the lunar surface area.
Unlike solar eclipses, observing an overall lunar eclipse does not need unique devices and is safe with the naked eye, field glasses, or a telescope.
In India, lunar eclipses are connected to numerous superstitious notions, with individuals frequently preventing food, water, and exercise, fearing “poisoning or negative energy.” Some even think eclipses are “harmful to pregnant women and their unborn children.”
Astronomers state lunar eclipses are simply shadow phenomena, comprehended long before Aryabhata’s time, and “pose no risk to people or animals.”
Particular non-scientific beliefs have actually led to regrettable events throughout previous eclipses, highlighting the requirement for clinical awareness. It is completely safe to go outdoors and consume while enjoying this stunning celestial phenomenon, stated Ramanujam.
Released on September 8, 2025
