Thousands of skywatchers in several nations across the world, including in India, witnessed the rare celestial event, ‘Blood Moon’ or the total lunar eclipse, on Sunday.

People captured the moment on their phones and shared it across social media platforms.

NASA wrote on X, "Skywatchers in most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia may also see a lunar eclipse, or Blood Moon. Totality will begin around 1730 UTC and last for about 82 minutes."

Though each eclipse is visible only from one half of the Earth, this one was seen across India.

The process began as the Moon moves into Earth’s faint penumbral shadow before entering the darker umbra.

As the shadow deepened, the Moon appeared to dim, progressing into a partial eclipse.

Once it is fully engulfed in the umbra, the lunar disc glowed crimson — the striking stage of totality.

The red tint occurs because sunlight, filtered through Earth’s atmosphere, scatters away blue wavelengths and bends the red ones onto the Moon.

Known as Rayleigh scattering, this effect paints the lunar surface in coppery hues.

For this eclipse, the total phase will last 82 minutes, giving skywatchers ample time to marvel.

By comparison, the eclipse of July 27, 2018, held the record with a 103-minute totality.