Another eclipse is happening in UK this week with a major difference

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Do you remember a couple of weeks ago, when there was a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ partial solar eclipse? Well, another is coming. Kind of. Early risers will be treated to a lunar eclipse on Friday morning. The moon will be painted a deep blood red for the first time this year in the UK. Stargazers have already been treated not only to a partial solar eclipse – where the moon chomped roughly 90% of the sun – but one of the year’s best meteor showers and a parade of planets. What is a lunar eclipse? A total lunar eclipse in Tokyo, Japan, on September 8, 2025 (Picture: AFP) The Earth and moon are constantly doing a cosmic tango around the sun and, now and then, align. Lunar eclipses are w