CAIRO – Chairman of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Gad el Qadi said people in the world will see a total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15-16, 2022.
The eclipse’s central time coincides with the full moon of the month of Shawwal in 1443 AH.
The Earth’s shadow occupies approximately 141.4% of the Moon’s surface, and can be seen in areas where the Moon appears when it occurs: (Europe – Africa – Asia – North America – South America – Pacific Ocean – Atlantic Ocean – Indian Ocean – South Pole Continent) .
All phases from the beginning to the end of the eclipse take approximately five hours and nineteen minutes.
It is central, which means the moon passes centrally through the axis of Earth’s dark (umbral) shadow.
Qadi told MENA Saturday that Egypt will witness two phases of the eclipse only.
A full moon is up only at night. And a total lunar eclipse can be seen from all of Earth that is experiencing night, while the eclipse is taking place. But some will see the eclipse better than others, depending on location. Some will see it at moonrise or moonset, when the moon is low in the sky.
This lunar eclipse takes place 1.5 days before the moon reaches perigee, its closest point to Earth for the month.
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