Images from the last Blood Moon of the year

This Sunday night, a glance at the sky revealed not only September's full moon, but also the last lunar eclipse of the year. For about an hour and a half, the Moon "traveled" in planet Earth's shadow, untouched by the sun. The result was a " Blood Moon ": a reddish full moon.

The blood-red hue appears due to the refraction of Earth's atmosphere, which acts like a prism for sunlight, astronomer Rachel Dutton explained to the BBC . "If we were a planet without an atmosphere, the Moon would just appear to be dark, but instead, it takes on that red hue, giving us this wonderful color," she explained. The phenomenon of light refraction in the atmosphere is also visible in everyday life: for example, when the sky takes on the same hue during sunset.

This Sunday's total eclipse was the second and last of 2025. The first was visible in March of this year . However, this Sunday's total eclipse was not visible across the entire country. In the westernmost areas, the Moon only rose after the end of the total eclipse—which occurred between 6:30 PM and 7:52 PM. In these regions, it was still possible to see the partial eclipse, when the Moon "reappears" in the sunlight.

The total eclipse was visible across most of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. In the Americas, no part of the eclipse—whether total or partial—was visible. Most of Asia was able to observe the eclipse in its entirety, lasting more than five hours.

See the photo gallery with images of the eclipse from various points around the world