Shady Abdel Hafez
All the countries of the Arab world are witnessing a partial lunar eclipse, which shows the face of the whole moon as if it is slowly eroding until it becomes more like a crescent and then gradually regenerates for about three hours.
The eclipse begins at 21:43 Mecca time, but no one can see anything at first because the moon enters the area called "semi-shadow" does not appear to the naked eye and at 23:01 the same time the moon begins to wear off. (Moon enters its time under the earth).
The lunar eclipse reaches its peak at 00:30 pm. The moon's color is slightly red without red blood reaching the total eclipse, then completely out of the earth by 1:59 pm and remains in the semi-shadow until 03:17.
The phenomenon of lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the earth. The phenomenon can be understood simply by placing a large lamp in the middle of the room and then standing at a distance of one or two meters from the lamp and rotating around the body and extending the hands with a tennis ball. When you look at the back of the lamp, In front of you because of the body.
| The phenomenon of eclipse when the moon passes under the earth (NASA) |
Dates of eclipse
The lunar eclipse occurs every month because the Moon does not rotate at the same level as the Earth, but it turns obliquely, turns slightly during its rotation and then falls again. The Moon intersects with this level, which combines Earth and Sun only twice a month.
The eclipse does not occur if this intersection coincides with the passage of the moon behind the earth, but it may be complete when the whole body of the moon passes through the earth or in part when only part of the moon passes through the earth (imagine that the tennis ball passes in whole or in part under The flesh in the previous example to understand the idea of total or partial eclipse).
Eclipse is a beautiful phenomenon seen by people around the world, and is an opportunity to introduce children to astronomical phenomena and a good introduction to astronomy.