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Total Lunar Eclipse on Sept. 7–8 Will Turn the Moon Red Across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia

Earth’s atmosphere will refract red light onto the lunar surface, creating a safe-to-watch crimson glow visible without eye protection.

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Overview

  • Totality begins at about 17:30 UTC on September 7, peaks near 18:11 UTC, and lasts roughly 80–82 minutes, with broad visibility across Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe.
  • India’s timeline runs from 8:58 pm IST (penumbral start) on Sept. 7 to about 2:25 am IST on Sept. 8, with totality from roughly 11:00 pm to 12:22 am and maximum near 11:41 pm.
  • In Australia, totality is visible before dawn on Monday, Sept. 8, starting around 3:30 am in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart, about 3:00 am in Adelaide and Darwin, and about 1:30 am in Perth, with maximum roughly 45 minutes later.
  • UK observers will catch the event low on the eastern horizon after moonrise, with Royal Museums Greenwich citing a UK maximum at 7:33 pm BST (actual maximum at 7:11 pm when the Moon is still below the horizon).
  • Those outside the viewing zones can watch a live broadcast from the Virtual Telescope Project; the Moon will appear slightly larger than average because the eclipse occurs just under three days before perigee.