The September 2025 Blood Moon glowing red during the total lunar eclipse, visible across India including stunning views from Mumbai (Photo: Pinterest)
Chandra Grahan on September 7 to 8, 2025, a total lunar eclipse will grace the heavens above Mumbai with spectacular drama over the night sky and popularly called the Blood Moon. During this event, the Earth will sit perfectly between the Sun and the Moon and throwing its shadow against the lunar surface and rendering it an incandescent red ball.
Astronomers say that one of the longest eclipses of the year visible from India, with more than four and a half hours of coverage, will occur. This rare event will also be seen in large parts of Europe, Africa, New Zealand and eastern Australia.
According to Arvind Paranjpye, Director of Nehru Planetarium the eclipse begins at 8:58 PM IST on September 7. The total phase will stretch from the deepest red that appearances at this 11:00 PM to 12:22 AM and finally ends at 1:30 AM on September 8.
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For skywatchers in Mumbai and this promises to be one of the most fulfilling chances in recent times to see a total lunar eclipse without needing telescopes or any other special equipment.
The name Blood Moon sounds mystical, but science has a very credible explanation for it. As the Moon transits through the Earth's umbral shadow, sunlight stops directly illuminating it. It shines as a dramatic red, for while the shorter blue wavelengths are scattered away by the atmosphere of the Earth and the longer red wavelengths are bent and sent towards the Moon.
This vectoring process casts an orange red hue across the lunar surface and transforming the eclipse into one of nature's most stunning sights.
Mumbaikars will be able to carry out fairly easy observations from most parts of the city and thanks to the Moon's loftiness in the night sky, assuming clear skies. The most famous places for viewing include Marine Drive, Girgaon Chowpatty, rooftops, terraces and open grounds.
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For greatest clarity, the experts do recommend that people avoid viewing from areas with high artificial lighting and as light pollution will diminish some of the brilliance of the eclipse.
Many eclipses limited to certain regions this one will have visibility all across India from the northern cities of Delhi, Jaipur and Chandigarh to the southern cities of Chennai, Bengaluru and Kochi. Prime views will also be located in eastern Kolkata and Guwahati as well as western Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. Globally, roughly 85% of the population should be witnessing at least some part of the phenomenon, so this will turn out to be amongst the most widely witnessed lunar eclipses in recent times.
As the countdown proceeds to this celestial spectacle Mumbai and much of the world waits for a night where science and beauty meet to cast the sky into a vast canvas and splashed with red.
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