Overview
- The moon entered totality from 6:04 to 7:03 a.m. ET (11:04–12:03 UTC), with about 58–59 minutes of full shadow inside a roughly 5.5-hour event that concludes near 9:23 a.m. ET.
- Best visibility spans the Americas, the Pacific, Australia and East Asia, while most of Europe and Africa have little or no view of totality.
- NASA advises the eclipse is safe to watch with the naked eye, though binoculars or a telescope can enhance the view, and several outlets are livestreaming the spectacle.
- Viewing depends on horizon and timing: the U.S. West Coast sees full totality, parts of the East Coast may catch a brief, low moonset glimpse, and many Indian cities only see the final minutes after moonrise with northeastern states favored.
- Officials describe a deep total eclipse (IMD magnitude 1.155), and the moon’s red hue arises from sunlight refracted through Earth’s atmosphere, which filters out bluer wavelengths.