Today was the first Lunar eclipse of 2018, I observed the same from Gurugram, Haryana India.
The ‘blood moon’ will be the result of the Sun, Earth and a larger-than-life, extra-bright Moon lining up for just over an hour from 0211 GMT. If skies are clear, the phenomenon will be visible from North and South America, Europe, Africa and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific.
Today’s eclipse was described by many as rare because of following reasons
The last time a total lunar eclipse coincided with a blue moon in the United States was in March 1866 — less than a year after the Civil War ended and more than 150 years ago.
A blue moon occurs once every two-and-a-half years, and this is the first total lunar eclipse to occur in the United State since 2015. Supermoons usually occur three or four times each year.
“These three lunar events separately are not uncommon, but it is rare for all three to occur at the same time,” said AccuWeather meteorologist and astronomy blogger Brian Lada.
I would like to share some of my clicks of this rare natural phenomena as observed in North India.
Archit Ratan 