Billions of people around the world looked up this evening to witness a total lunar eclipse and resulting "blood moon".

The total eclipse of the moon was visible across Asia, Africa, western Australia and eastern Europe today.

Meanwhile, the partial eclipse was visible across Britain, continental Europe, and as far as Brazil and Alaska.

Images have flooded in from across the world of the incredible lunar phenomenon.

In Britain, astronomers professional and amateur witnessed the phenomenon for the first time since 2022.

However, UK skygazers will have to wait a year for the next one, which is expected to fall in August 2026, according to the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Across the globe, dramatic images of the red "blood moon" and various stages of the eclipse have been captured above major cities, in warzones and more.

Photographers and onlookers gathered to watch the unusual event take place, with more pictures coming in of crowds gathered with telescopes to see the phenomenon as it happened.

Now, GB News is showcasing some of the best of the bunch.

PICTURED: A 'blood moon' visible over Liverpool on Sunday night

PICTURED: A partial eclipse, visible over Whitley Bay in the North East of England on Sunday night

PICTURED: A red full moon, known as the 'blood moon' for its hue, appears above the historic Temple of Apollo at the Ancient City of Side in Manavgat district of Antalya, Turkey

PICTURED: Beachgoers rest on the shores of the Black Sea with a full moon during a phase of a total eclipse in Odesa, on September 7, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The "Blood Moon" rises over the West Bank, as seen from the Negev desert, Israel

PICTURED: A full moon rises during an eclipse behind the statue of ancient Athena goddess in Athens, Greece

PICTURED: A partial eclipse appears in the sky, behind the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt

PICTURED: The blood moon rises over Moscow, Russia

The Met Office says the Moon took on a reddish hue because it was illuminated by light which has passed through the Earth's atmosphere and had been bent back towards the Moon by refraction, scattering blue light and allowing red wavelengths to reach the Moon.

Where skies were clear, the eclipse was visible at around 7.30pm.

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The eclipse was visible to the naked eye - and unlike solar eclipses was safe to view directly as the Moon’s reflected light is not as bright.

Blood moons tend to occur around once every one to three years globally, though a specific location may see one every 2.5 to three years on average.