The world witnessed the first lunar eclipse of the year today. This lunar eclipse was marked by different colours as a blue moon, a second full moon in a calendar month and a blood moon which was a moment during an eclipse when the moon turned red. <br/><br/>Lunar eclipse today was more special because for the first time in 152 years, a supermoon was visible due to its unusual proximity to earth. Lunar eclipse also popularly known in India as Chandra Grahan, is one of the biggest astronomical events. <br/><br/>In India, this rare phenomenon began at 5.20 this evening and star gazers witnessed it from everywhere in the country. <br/><br/>Australia got the first glimpse of the full event, and then it spreaded across the world. Much of Asia and America got a look – though the UK, Europe and Africa missed out on seeing the blood moon or lunar eclipse. However, the region got the glimpses of supermoon.

The world witnessed the first lunar eclipse of the year today. This lunar eclipse was marked by different colours as a blue moon, a second full moon in a calendar month and a blood moon which was a moment during an eclipse when the moon turned red. <br/><br/>Lunar eclipse today was more special because for the first time in 152 years, a supermoon as it was unusually closer to earth. Lunar eclipse also popularly known in India as Chandra Grahan, is one of the biggest astronomical events. <br/><br/>In India, this rare phenomenon began at 5.20 this evening and stargazers witnessed it from everywhere in the country. <br/><br/>Australia got the first glimpse of the full event, and then it spreaded across the world. Much of Asia and America got a look – though the UK, Europe and Africa missed out on seeing the blood moon or lunar eclipse. However, the region got the glimpses of supermoon.