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A blood moon Rose in the night sky this week, offering a dazzling celestial event for people on several continents.

The blood moons occur during a total lunar eclipse, that is to say when the earth is positioned between the sun and the moon. The only sunlight that can reach the moon comes from the edges of the earth's atmosphere, giving the moon a red glow, according to NASA.

The term "blood moon" can also be used to describe the moon when it is red because of mist, smoke or dust, notes the agency.

Photos of the whole world show the show, which could be seen in Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa.

The next total lunar eclipse, which will be visible in the Americas, will be in March.

In this image taken with a double exposure, a total lunar eclipse threw a "blood moon" in the night sky on September 8, 2025 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province in China. Shen Junfeng / VCG via Getty Images

This photograph shows a full moon also known as "Blood Moon" during a lunar eclipse with a statue of the ancient Greek goddess Irene holding a child in the foreground, in the center of Athens, September 7, 2025. Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP via Getty Images

The moon appears behind the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the night above the Japanese capital early on September 8, 2025. Str / Jiji Press / AFP via Getty Images

The "blood moon" is represented during an eclipse in the night sky on Sydney on September 8, 2025. David Gray / AFP via Getty Images

People are seen on a floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center as a full moon, also known as "Blood Moon", rises above the skyscrapers in the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai on September 7, 2025. Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images

Beach enthusiasts are based on a shore of the Black Sea with a full moon also known as "Blood Mmon" during a total eclipse phase in the background in Odesa, on September 7, 2025, in the middle of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP via Getty Images

A montage of images shows the phases of the total lunar eclipse of the blood moon as we see in the city of Depok, Western Java province, in Indonesia, September 8, 2025. Aditya Irawan / Nurphoto via Getty Images

A full moon painted in red is considered the second total lunar eclipse of the year when the moon is deeply found in the darkest part of the shadow of our planet creating a dramatic "blood moon", Stockholm City, Sweden, September 7, 2025. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu via Getty Images

The full moon rises on the Saint-Isaac cathedral on Saint Petersburg, in Russia, during the total lunar eclipse on September 7, 2025. Sergei Mikhailichenko / Anadolu via Getty Images

A total lunar eclipse threw a "blood moon" in the night sky on September 8, 2025 in Beijing, China. Sheng Jiapeng / China News Service / VCG via Getty Images

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