AGARTALA, July 27 midnight to early hours July 28(TIWN): Thousands of gazed Tripurites experienced a rare event on Friday midnight in Solar Galaxy - The Total Lunar Eclipse, also named Blood Moon.

The century’s longest total lunar eclipse took tonight July 27 till the early hours of July 28.

During this rare phenomena, the Moon turned bright red and it was visible in India.

According to NASA, the total lunar eclipse to last  for close to one hour and 43 minutes, starting late at night and continuing till the early hours of July 28.

In addition, the event was also visible in parts of South-America, parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. All of Asia (including India), and Eastern Africa will get to watch the entire eclipse including the two partial lunar eclipse.

The first part of lunar eclipse started at around 11:44 PM IST on July 27. The Moon tiurned red only at the highest point of the total lunar eclipse, which started around 1 AM on the night of July 28. The phenomenon till 2:43 AM IST on July 28.  

TIWN alongwith thousands of enthusiatics witnessed Lunar Eclipse from Agartala.