A lunar eclipse is visible about Pakistan on Sunday night with the celestial event that is expected to end at 1:55 am
According to the MET office, the eclipse began at 9:27 pm. The total eclipse phase began at 10:31 pm
The eclipse will reach its maximum point at 11:12 pm, offering a surprising heavenly view for skies observers throughout the country. The total eclipse phase is expected to end at 11:53 pm.
The partial eclipse will continue until 12:57 am, while the entire eclipse event will conclude before 1:55 am
According to Supparco, a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth comes directly between the sun and the moon, throwing its shadow through the lunar surface. Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are completely safe to observe with the naked eye, binocular or telescopes.
In a press release on Saturday, the space agency had said that the eclipse will be visible in Asia, Africa and parts of Europe, with clear visibility in most of Pakistan’s regions if the weather allows it.
“The event will begin at 8:30 pm and will reach its maximum at 11:57 pm,” said the press release, stating that the eclipse will conclude at 1:55 am
Sunday’s eclipse is also known as a “blood moon”, due to its red tone during the event. When the sun, the earth and the moon are aligned, the shadow emitted by the planet on its satellite makes it look like a mysterious and intense red color that has amazed humans during millennia.
The moon appears red during lunar eclipses because the only sunlight that reaches it is “reflected and dispersed through the atmosphere of the earth,” said Ryan Milligan, astrophysicist at the University of the Queen of the Ireland of the North Belfast.
The last total lunar eclipse was in March of this year, while the previous one was in 2022. A weirdo rare solar eclipse, when the moon blocks the sunlight, will be visible in a European splinter on August 12, 2026.
