Blood moon: Here's what time you can watch the super moon in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai

Tonight, India will witness a blood moon – a rare phenomenon that was last witnessed in 1866.

Here are the timings for you to witness it

Moon enters penumbra:   16:19:28

Moon enters umbra:          17:17:50

Start of totality:               18:21:06

Maximum eclipse:            18:59:33

End of totality:                19:37:59

Moon leaves umbra:         20:41:15

Moon leaves penumbra:   21:39:41

Duration of total phase: 1h 16m 53s

Duration of umbral phase: 3h 23m 25s

Duration of penumbral phase: 5h 20m 14s

Moon rise and sunset time

Kolkata

17:17    Moon rises

17:24    Sun sets

Chennai

18:04    Moon rises

18:09    Sun sets

Delhi

17:54    Moon rises

18:00    Sun sets

Mumbai

18:27    Moon rises

18:31    Sun sets

The moon will start entering the darkest part of Earth's shadow, or the umbra, at 1148 GMT, with totality expected at 1251 GMT.

The moon will fully emerge from Earth's shadow at 1512 GMT.

The entire passage will take more than three hours, during which the moon will turn a coppery red as sunlight going through Earth's atmosphere bounces off its surface.

The "lunar trifecta", as it is described by NASA, last took place in the Western hemisphere on March 31, 1866, when the second dome of the United States Capitol had just been completed and H.G. Wells, author of "The Time Machine", was born.

Further south, the Hong Kong Space Museum has organised a "Night of Total Lunar Eclipse", though skywatchers may be disappointed due to cloudy weather.