Total lunar eclipse: the most beautiful images of the phenomenon around the world

It shouldn't be missed.

Some Earthlings were able to witness a total lunar eclipse on the night of Sunday to Monday, an infrequent celestial spectacle during which the nocturnal star loses its brilliance and gradually turns red.

In Metropolitan France, the Earth, by positioning itself in the axis between the Sun and the Moon, deprived its satellite of the light emitted by the star between 5 am and until shortly after 6 am.

A spectacular and rare phenomenon, especially in France, where the clouds sometimes spoiled the party, especially in Paris.

Too bad, because if in mainland France the last total lunar eclipse dated back to 2019, the next visible one will be for… 2029!

Until then, here is a non-exhaustive selection of the most beautiful shots of the Red Moon from last night, through photos from around the world.

The Moon seen from Corsica

AFP/PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA AFP or licensors

The red star in Montlouis-sur-Loir, in central France

AFP/GUILLAUME SOUVANT AFP or licensors

The eclipse above San Salvador

REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

In Buenos Aires, the curious were there

AFP/LUIS ROBAYO AFP or licensors

Magnificent Red Moon in Santiago de Chile

AFP/MARTIN BERNETTI AFP or licensors

Skopje and Macedonia under the Moon

AFP/ATANASOVSKI AFP or licensors

A spectacular phenomenon

REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Eyes fixed on the sky

AFP/Daniel Munoz AFP or licensors

The dazzled early risers

AFP/Luis ROBAYO AFP or licensors

Space X's Heavy rocket points to the Moon

The blood moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse by an illuminated monument of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in Hawthorne, California on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) AFP or licensors

The sky of Mexico reddened by the eclipse

The moon is seen during a lunar eclipse in Tinum, Mexico May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

A magnificent spectacle, again visible next November, but only in the Pacific.