The last total lunar eclipse of 2022 is taking place today, November 8, and the next one of its kind will not happen before the next three years pass. The eclipse began at 2.39 pm according to Indian standard time (IST), while the total eclipse started at 3.46 pm, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a release. It is a momentous occasion, with sky-watchers gazing up at the phenomenon in awe. The next lunar eclipse will be visible from India only on October 28, 2023 and it will only be a partial one.
The lunar eclipse is not all of the visual treat that the universe had planned for human eyes today. Uranus was also visible just a finger’s width above the moon, resembling a bright star. Known as a blood moon, it appeared reddish-orange from the light of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises. Here are photos from across the world as people turned their awed gazes upwards.
THE TIMING 😳 #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/SmBklOsfV3— bts quotes archive⁷ ☁️ | final defense ⏳ (@btsqtsarchive) November 8, 2022
Blood Moon❤Yet there is neither darkness nor light, just an unbroken dance of shadows#lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/CTasYYfoFT
— Paola (@_paola26_) November 8, 2022
Beautiful Total Lunar Eclipse here in Hawaii! 🌺🏝️🌕 #LunarEclipse #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/W2xhzph7KM— Christopher Calubaquib (@ChrisAstro) November 8, 2022
Partial Lunar Eclipse captured in Bengaluru, India today.📷 - Samsung Galaxy S22 UltraGuess Mumbai might had more clear skies than Bangalore today!#lunareclipse2022 #LunarEclipse #ChandraGrahan pic.twitter.com/InaObDM71m
— Vishal Verma (@VishalVerma_9) November 8, 2022
lunar eclipse in the forbidden city #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/9Qg4JmpI4M— 105度柒 (@105degree7) November 8, 2022
Success! Taken in Afton, Virginia.#BeaverBloodMoon #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/Z2OVOYkSun— Travis Koshko (@TravisKoshko) November 8, 2022
This morning's total lunar eclipse against a bed of stars high above Providence, Rhode Island. #BeaverBloodMoon #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/wLgkGt8OAV— Mike Cohea (@MikeCohea) November 8, 2022
The totally eclipsed blood red moon passes behind the antenna on the Empire State Building in New York City, Tuesday morning in New York City #bloodmoon #LunarEclipse #beavermoon #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc pic.twitter.com/aVLN50CHw5— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) November 8, 2022
The lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and the Earth are all aligned. The Earth basically gets between the Sun and the Moon while casting a shadow on the surface of the moon. The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout North America in the predawn hours — the farther west, the better — and across Asia, Australia and the rest of the Pacific after sunset.
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