The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics has issued a statement regarding the lunar eclipse that will occur on Wednesday.
Taha Rabie, the head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, stated that according to astronomical calculations, conducted by the Solar Research Laboratory, the world will witness a partial lunar eclipse on Wednesday.
This eclipse will be visible in several regions of the world, including the Americas, parts of Antarctica, the western Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Africa,Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, and eastern Polynesia.
This eclipse coincides with the full moon of the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal in the Islamic year 1446. The eclipse will be visible in Egypt, where the Earth’s shadow will cover 3.5 percent of the Moon’s disk (equivalent to 0.085 of its diameter) at the peak of the eclipse.
The total duration of the eclipse, from the moment the Moon enters the Earth’s penumbra until it exits,will be 4 hours and 6 minutes.
The duration of the partial eclipse phase alone, from the moment the Moon enters the Earth’s umbra until it exits, will be 1 hour and 3 minutes.
The Moon will set at 6:47:25 AM, after all phases of the partial eclipse have ended, while it will remain in the final phase of the penumbral eclipse (which is not visible to the naked eye) until it sets.
