First total lunar eclipse of the year seen around the world, with a super blood Moon emerging from the shadows

This is the first blood moon of the year. (Reuters: Mike Blake)

A blood Moon total lunar eclipse is on show in many parts of the world as the Moon passes through Earth's shadow.

Australia will miss out on the eclipse this time, but it will be seen in the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa and the eastern Pacific.

However, Australians will see a blood moon on the night of November 8.

The Moon is seen in the initial phase of a lunar eclipse in Brazil. (AP: Eraldo Peres)

New Zealand, Eastern Europe and the Middle East will experience a penumbral lunar eclipse, where the edge of Earth's shadow will fall over the Moon.

People gather to monitor the Moon ahead of a total lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires (Reuters: Augustin Maracian)

The Old Farmer's Almanac — which publishes Native American names for full Moons — calls it a "flower Moon" because May is known as a month when flowers bloom in abundance.

NASA calls May's full Moon a "marginal supermoon", but there's varying opinion on whether it actually is a supermoon, due to different definitions on what constitutes one.

The total lunar eclipse was seen in in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Reuters: Agustin Marcarian)

The Moon is seen during lunar eclipse in Skopje, North Macedonia. (Reuters: Ognen Teofilovski)

The St Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church is seen as the Moon moves through the shadow of the Earth during a blood Moon lunar eclipse in Los Angeles, California. (Reuters: David Swanson)

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