Stunning Photos of the Partial Lunar Eclipse

The spectacular sight was best viewed in the Indian Subcontinent where it glowed over buildings for hours.

A view of partial lunar eclipse in Chennai on Monday. 

(Photo: PTI)

Did you catch the partial lunar eclipse last night? The eclipse on the intervening night of 7 and 8 August was seen across the world. While it could be seen at a number of places in the country, heavy rains and an overcast sky played spoilsport in the National Capital.

A view of partial lunar eclipse in Chennai on Monday.(Photo: PTI)

The lunar eclipse began at around 10:52 pm on 7 August and continued till 00:48 am IST.

Striking images were also captured in Poland, Indonesia and Spain, among other places. Take a look:

The August full moon rises above the 5th Century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, south of Athens, on Monday, 7 August 2017.(Photo: AP)

The greatest eclipse, that is when the moon will be covered to the maximum extent was around 11:50 pm. The magnitude of the eclipse, which means the fraction of the lunar diameter, was eclipsed at the greatest eclipse moment at around 0.25 magnitude. 

The view of the rising moon during a partial lunar eclipse is distorted by hot air rising from a chimney stacks of an electric power station in Delimara, outside the village of Marsaxlokk, Malta.(Photo: Reuters)

The moon is seen during a partial lunar eclipse is seen in the sky in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on 8 August 2017.(Photo: Reuters)

People watch at a rising full moon during a partial lunar eclipse atop a hill at the Tio Pio park in Madrid.(Photo: AP)

The full moon is seen during a partial lunar eclipse above the Bernese Alps, from Bern, in Switzerland on Monday.(Photo: AP)

A partial lunar eclipse is pictured beside the sculpture Molecule Man in Berlin, Germany.(Photo: Reuters)

A picture shows the moon during a partial lunar eclipse as seen in the sky in Baghdad,Iraq. (Photo: Reuters)

The next lunar eclipse will be on 31 January 2018 and it will be total. It will also be visible from all parts of the Indian sub-continent.

(With PTI inputs.)

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