New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Millions of sky-gazers across India and around the globe turned their eyes to the skies on Sunday night to witness a rare celestial spectacle - the total lunar eclipse, popularly known as the "Blood Moon." The moon appeared in a shade of red, an awe-inspiring phenomenon last visible in India in 2018.

A total lunar eclipse takes place when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align in a straight line, with Earth blocking sunlight from directly hitting the Moon. Explaining the crimson glow, Ryan Milligan, astrophysicist at Queen's University Belfast, told AFP: "The Moon appears red during lunar eclipses because the only sunlight reaching it is reflected and scattered through the Earth's atmosphere. Blue light is scattered more ea...