WATCH: September’s ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse

The year’s second total lunar eclipse saw Earth’s shadow obscure this weekend’s full moon as the home planet lined up perfectly between the moon and the sun.

Watch The Virtual Telescope Project’s stream of the eclipse in the player above.

Asia had the best seats in the house this time, while countries across Europe also enjoyed nice views. Totality lasted a lengthy one hour and 22 minutes. The entire show — starting with the first dusky bite of the moon — spanned more than five hours.

The “blood moon” rises over the roof of Yongdingmen Gate during a total lunar eclipse in Beijing, China, Sept. 8, 2025. Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

The shorter total lunar eclipse in March offered prime viewing in the Americas. But this weekend’s spectacle — called a blood moon because of its red shadowy hue — unfolded on the opposite side of the world Sunday night and early Monday, local time.

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The entire eclipse was visible in Asia — from Saudi Arabia to the Philippines, as far north as the Arctic Ocean all the way down to Antarctica — as well as parts of East Africa and the western half of Australia.

The moon appears during a lunar eclipse in the sky, behind the the Saladin Citadel, in Cairo, Egypt Sept. 7, 2025. Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

The rest of Africa and Australia, as well as Europe, was treated to some but not all of the action. Tidbits were visible from the Brazilian coast and part of Alaska.

The moon’s vanishing act will be followed two weeks later by a partial solar eclipse visible from New Zealand, a sliver of Australia and Antarctica.