India, Sept. 8 -- Thousands of skywatchers in several nations across the world, including in India, witnessed the rare celestial event, 'Blood Moon' or the total lunar eclipse, on Sunday.

People captured the moment on their phones and shared it across social media platforms.

NASA wrote on X, "Skywatchers in most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia may also see a lunar eclipse, or Blood Moon. Totality will begin around 1730 UTC and last for about 82 minutes."

Though each eclipse is visible only from one half of the Earth, this one was seen across India.

The process began as the Moon moves into Earth's faint penumbral shadow before entering the darker umbra.

As the shadow deepened, the Moon appeared to dim, progressing into a partial...