On September 7, the UK and Western Europe will bear witness to a blood moon total eclipse.

This is one of the most exciting cosmic events stargazers can witness, with the UK likely able to see a bit of totality.

It will be the longest total eclipse since 2022, making it a can't-miss event for Brits hoping for clear skies.

Space agency NASA said: "The Moon moves into the inner part of Earth’s shadow, or the umbra. Some of the sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere reaches the Moon’s surface, lighting it dimly.

"Colours with shorter wavelengths ― the blues and violets ― scatter more easily than colours with longer wavelengths, like red and orange.

"Because these longer wavelengths make it through Earth’s atmosphere, and the shorter wavelengths have scattered away, the Moon appears

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