Overview

• The eclipse will be visible across large parts of Asia, western Australia and eastern Africa, with nearly all of India included.
• In India, coverage is slated from 8:58 p.m. IST on Sept. 7 to 1:25 a.m. IST on Sept. 8, with peak darkness reported between about 11:00 p.m. and 12:22 a.m.
• Viewers in the United States are not expected to see the event directly, but the Virtual Telescope Project will stream it free starting at 1:45 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7, with totality about 45 minutes later.
• UK observers can catch the Moon low on the horizon in the evening, with the eclipse’s maximum occurring below the horizon before the Moon moves out of Earth’s shadow by around 9:55 p.m. local time.
• The Moon’s red hue during totality comes from sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere, and this eclipse will be followed by a solar eclipse on Sept. 21.