The earth's shadow covers the full moon during a partial lunar eclipse, early Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. NASA and the nation's top federal nuclear research lab on Friday, Nov. 19, put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system. NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) 1 of 2 The earth's shadow covers the full moon during a partial lunar eclipse, early Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. NASA and the nation's top federal nuclear research lab on Friday, Nov. 19, put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system. NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
CAIRO, June 19 (MEN – Ashraf Tadros, a Professor of Astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, said Saturday will witness the full moon of “Badr Dhu al-Hijjah” at 3:09 am local time in Cairo marking the beginning of the new Hijri year 1446 on Sunday, July 7, astronomically.
Tadros said – in statements to MENA Wednesday – that the moon’s brightness on that day is to be 100% and the moon will rise on that day immediately after sunset and remain in the sky through the night until it sets with sunrise the next morning
