Residents in most parts of China could witness a rare blood moon eclipse on Tuesday night. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

A partially eclipsed blood moon hangs in the sky in Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu province. In China, the lunar eclipse began at 4 p.m. Tuesday and lasted for five hours and 57 minutes. Photo: VCG

The blood moon rises over Beijing. The total eclipse began at 7:42 p.m. Tuesday. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

The moon colored with red and orange hues appears over the Tianjin Drum Tower in the northern municipality of Tianjin. Photo: VCG

The partially eclipsed moon rises behind a tower in Jiujiang, East China’s Jiangxi province. Photo: VCG

This multiple-exposure photo taken in Songyuan, Northeast China’s Jilin province, shows the beginning stages of Tuesday’s lunar eclipse. This particular lunar eclipse also blocked out Earth’s view of the planet Uranus. Photo: VCG