Depending on where you were in the world on Sept. 7, a reddish-orange “blood moon” may have filled the sky.
But there’s nothing to fear, as the phenomenon is part of the cycle of a total lunar eclipse.
According to NASA, the red glow of the moon is created when the “Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun, hiding the Moon from sunlight.”
When that takes place, the only light that reaches the moon’s surface comes from the edges of our planet’s atmosphere. So instead of the blue hues that we’re used to seeing on the moon, skywatchers instead see a glow of red on its surface, giving it the appearance of a blood moon in the night sky.
Even if you weren’t in Africa, Europe, Asia or Australia, which had optimal visibility during the totality of the eclipse on Sept. 7, you can still see some of the beautiful and breathtaking scenes witnessed in the sky by scrolling through the photos below.
A composite of pictures shows the phases of the Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse as it is seen in Depok City, West Java province, Indonesia, September 8, 2025.
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The ‘Blood Moon’ is seen during a total eclipse event over the city center in Prague, Czech Republic, September 7, 2025.
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The “Blood Moon” rises in the sky over the West Bank during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from the Negev desert, Israel September 7, 2025.
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A full moon is seen eclipsed during a “Blood Moon” total lunar eclipse over the Residenz in Munich, Germany, September 7, 2025.
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The Blood Moon appears at the very top of the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the night above the Japanese capital early on September 8, 2025.
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The Blood Moon appears from behind the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the night above the Japanese capital, September 8, 2025.
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The “Blood Moon” rises in the sky during a lunar eclipse, in Cairo, Egypt September 7, 2025.
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A total lunar eclipse cast a “blood moon” over the night sky on September 8, 2025 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province of China.
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A composite of pictures shows the phases of the Blood Moon total lunar eclipse over the night sky, September 7, 2025 in Maanshan, Anhui Province of China.
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Onlookers watch the total lunar eclipse, also known as the blood moon, from a park bench, in Leipzig, Germany, Sept. 7, 2025.
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