Avid sky watchers across India witnessed a partial lunar eclipse late on Thursday night.
Several stargazers gathered at the Nehru Planetarium at Teen Murti in Delhi to watch the 90-minute celestial spectacle, thanks to clear weather conditions.
School children clapped as the shadow of the earth crept over the lunar disc from the northern side at 11.35 pm.
"Only 18 per cent of the lunar disc will fall under the shadow of the earth. The eclipse began at 11:35 pm and the earth's shadow leaves the moon at 1:07 am," Chander Devgun, president of Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators told PTI.
SPACE, in association with the Nehru Planetarium, had set up several telescopes on the lawns of Teen Murti Bhavan to enable viewing of the event for the general public.
Interestingly, while the eclipse is in progress, a faint star named 'H Aquarius' (from the Aquarius constellation) was seen moving behind the moon and reappearing from the other side.