Cosmic Spectacle: Egypt and the World Witness a Rare Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse Witnessed in Egypt and the Arab World
In the early hours of the morning, a unique astronomical event was witnessed in the skies of Egypt and the Arab world, as astronomy enthusiasts observed the partial lunar eclipse at 05:12 a.m. The event continued for 4 hours and 6 minutes, from the beginning of the moon’s entry into the Earth’s penumbra until it left it from the opposite side.
A View of the Lunar Eclipse in the Sky of Egypt
The Egyptian Society for Astronomy released a view of the lunar eclipse in the sky of Egypt, where the peak of the eclipse in Cairo was at 5:44 am, and the eclipse ended at 6:13. The moon witnessed a partial eclipse, and a small part of the moon disappeared and was observed by the camera lens.
Lunar Eclipse Views Around the World
The American magazine Forbes published some views of the lunar eclipse that were seen in different parts of the world, especially in the entire United States, South America, Europe, Africa, and much of Asia. Part of the moon disappeared for more than an hour, and during a spectacular pre-moonrise event, the full “harvest moon” entered Earth’s shadow in space.
Over the course of 62 minutes, this glow intensifies until about 8% of the Moon’s surface is in deep shadow, and then the phenomenon reverses, with the dark form gradually diminishing before returning to its normal fullness before the full Moon moves out of Earth’s shadow.
This eclipse, which we witnessed last night, is the second and last of 2024. The next lunar eclipse will be a total lunar eclipse known as a “Blood Moon” on March 14, 2025, and will be visible across the Americas. On March 29, 2025, it will be followed by a partial solar eclipse, which the residents of the United States located in the northeast of the country will see at sunrise.
Two weeks after last night’s partial lunar eclipse, we’ll see a circular solar eclipse from a narrow path across the Pacific Ocean across Easter Island, southern Chile, and southern Argentina to the Atlantic Ocean, lasting 7 minutes and 25 seconds. This is a direct alignment of last night’s lunar eclipse.