Total lunar eclipse next night
On the night of May 16, the world is witnessing a total lunar eclipse, "Sunday - Monday."
Engineer Mohamed Shawkat Odeh, director of the International Astronomy Center, said, "As for the Arab countries, you see its beginning from East Africa, such as Egypt and Sudan, and it is completely watched from West Africa, specifically in Algeria and Morocco."
He explained that the beginning of the moon’s entry into the semi-shadow region will be at 01:32 GMT, and the beginning of a change in the brightness of the moon will be observed at approximately 02:20 - GMT - and the beginning of the partial will be at 02:28 GMT, and the beginning of the total will be at 03:29 - Greenwich - and the peak at 04:12 - Greenwich - as for the end of the total will be at 04:54 - Greenwich - and the end of the partial: at 05:56 - Greenwich - and the end of the semi-shadow will be at 06:51 - Greenwich - and the date of sunset will be with Almost sunrise.
The Director of the International Astronomy Center confirmed that the eclipse was not seen from the Gulf countries, Yemen, Iraq and the Levant, with the possibility of observing a slight change in the brightness of the moon from western Saudi Arabia and western Levant, minutes before the sunset of the moon, and then the moon will be close to the western horizon, and monitoring is required from the place of its western horizon.
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