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The combination of the rising moons – a supermoon, a blue moon and a blood moon – created the spectacle of an apocalyptic, reddish moon which hung gracefully over the Earth last night.
Australia, Asia, North America, Alaska and Hawaii witnessed the full scale of the Blood Moon, reaching totality at 7.52am EST (12.52pm GMT) and lasted for one hour and 16 minutes.
The lunar eclipse began its partial eclipse – when the moon begins to adopt the Blood Moon’s red tint – over Kolkata, eastern India, at 5.18am local time (11.58pm GMT).
And sky-gazers witnessed the Super Blue Blood Moon peak total eclipse at 6.21am local time (12.51am GMT) and ending at 7.37pm local time (1.07am GMT) in the Indian city.
Scroll below for the next time India will experience another lunar eclipse.
When is the next lunar eclipse in India?
India is set to witness another total lunar eclipse on July 27 to 28 when the entire southern Asian country will be among the Earth’s countries to receive the best viewing.
The lunar eclipse will begin with the penumbral eclipse at 22.44pm local time (4.14am GMT) on Friday, July 27 and will vanish at 4.58am local time (9.58am GMT) on Saturday, July 28.
The Blood Moon will peak total eclipse – when the moon appears completely red – at 1.00am (6.00am GMT) on Saturday, July 28 to 2.43am (8.13am GMT).
The lunar eclipse will appear over the whole of India and is expected to last six hours and 14 minutes.
When will the next supermoon hang over the Earth?
The next supermoon will not fall in 2018 but on January 21, 2019.
Because of its relatively close proximity to the Earth, the celestial body’s surface appears a lot bigger when a supermoon occurs.
The December supermoon is traditionally known as a Full Cold Moon in the northern hemisphere because it takes place at the start of winter.