Lunar Eclipse—Totality Phase: View from Italy

Lunar Eclipse—Totality Phase: View from Italy

Astrophotographer Giuseppe Donatiello: "A moment of the total phase of the eclipse of September 7, 2025, obtained from a stack of three calibrated shots (4 seconds at 200 ISO) in sequence, among the least affected by haze. I made minimal adjustments to preserve the natural look and maintain faithfulness to the original file data. This one, like all the others, was taken with my homemade refractor."

Blood Moons like this can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned with Earth between the other two. During these rare events, the full Moon rapidly darkens and then glows red as it enters the Earth's shadow. A small amount of indirect sunlight is still reaching the Moon, passing through Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a reddish hue. This light appears reddish due to the Rayleigh scattering of blue light—the same reason sunrises and sunsets are more orange than during the day.

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello

Capture Location: Oria, Apulia, Italy
Image Date: Sept. 7, 2025
Release Date: Sept. 9, 2025

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