A rare Blood Moon will appear tonight as Earth’s shadow envelops the Moon—a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
Tonight, stargazers in Pakistan and across much of Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia can look forward to witnessing a mesmerizing Blood Moon during a total lunar eclipse, confirmed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department ARY NEWS.
This celestial show occurs when Earth lines up between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the lunar surface. Blood Moon takes on a deep red hue as sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere and refracts onto it ARY NEWS+1.
In Pakistan, the eclipse will unfold according to the following schedule (PST):
- Penumbral eclipse begins: 20:28
- Partial eclipse starts: 21:27
- Total eclipse starts: 22:31
- Maximum eclipse: 23:12
- Partial phase ends: 00:57 (September 8)
- Penumbral phase ends: 01:55 ARY NEWS
This isn’t a region-exclusive spectacle—the entire event will be visible across Asia, parts of Europe and Africa (often at moonrise), and Western Australia. Sadly, it won’t be visible in the Americas ARY NEWSThe Times of IndiaAP News.
Astronomers explain that the Moon appears red because only refracted sunlight—filtered through Earth’s atmosphere—reaches it. Blue light is scattered out, leaving the longer red wavelengths to illuminate the lunar surface ARY NEWS+1Wikipedia.
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