The Moon, the Earth and the Sun lined up on Tuesday for the only total lunar eclipse of this year and the next. At the same time, Earth will also witness a supermoon as the satellite will be closer to the planet. The moon will appear slightly bigger and brighter than usual.<br />”<br />”<br />”The eclipse began with the partial phase around 9:04 AM (Indian Standard Time). Totality, when Earth's shadow completely blankets the moon, lasted 62 minutes, beginning at 10:11 am.<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">During totality, the moon looked red, also known as a blood moon, because of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere. This total lunar eclipse was the 18th total lunar eclipse since 2001.</span>