The world awaits an extraordinary lunar eclipse that has not occurred in 100 years

The world watches the evening, two rare astronomical events, visible to the naked eye: an extraordinary lunar eclipse that has not occurred for a hundred years and a second date of arrival from Mars to the nearest distance from the earth. "The eclipse will be visible in all regions where the Moon appears at the time of the phenomenon, including most of the European continent, most of Asia, Australia and the rest of the world. Europe, "said Dr. Ashraf Tadros at the National Institute of Astronomical and Geophysical Research. Africa, the eastern part of South America and the Pacific Ocean Hadi, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Antarctic

In a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, Tadros said that all phases of the eclipse since its inception in part until it reaches the phase of total eclipse take about six hours and 24 minutes. The total lunar eclipse has been recorded in the last hundred years, one hour and 40 minutes, giving the eclipse that will occur Friday a scientific and historical value. It's the longest, as Tadrs says.

The Jeddah Astronomical Society issued a detailed statement on the occasion of this event. The partial eclipse occurs when part of the Moon enters the Earth's shadow at 8:05 pm in Saudi Arabia (5:05 pm GMT), and this eclipse stage is not observed, The lunar disc will remain fully illuminated

The main event begins with the partial eclipse at 21:24 (1824 GMT), when the moon enters the earth, where the disc begins to gradually lose the light, The scene forms the shadow of the earth (arched) falling on the moon, one of the ancient ways to prove the spherical earth.

The statement adds that the record of full moon Q L total eclipse begins at 22:30 (19:30 GMT) and lasts one hour and 43 minutes, in which case the moon will appear as a blood color, so the phenomenon is called the "bloody moon", which makes the sun cross the Earth's orbit and its access to the moon

Unlike the eclipse of the sun, the lunar eclipse does not require d & # 39; equipment.The Jeddah Astronomical Society stated that astronomers could photograph it using a digital camera with a magnifying glbad. And better vision is advised to use a small telescope or binocular binoculars, where the results will be useful. [1] 9659002] The total lunar eclipse occurs two weeks after a partial solar eclipse occurred on July 13, 2018. Two weeks later, a partial eclipse of the sun on August 11, 2018 will take place in the Arab world.

"The planet Mars will reach the point closest to the Earth in 15 years."

According to the Ibn al-Haytham Society for Science and Astronomy in Algeria, the planet Mars will be in this position corresponding to the Earth. The sun and the brightness peak compared to any moment of this year.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page, The Earth and Mars will be about 57 million kilometers, a record that has not happened since the summer of 2003. Mars will look like a red blot in the sky to be seen with the naked eye, while specialists can see some of its topography with the help of a telescope.

Mohammed, the president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, said that the encounter occurs when the Earth pbades between Mars and the Sun in conjunction with the appearance of Mars at the "bottom" point, the point the closer to the sun. He wrote a comment on his official Facebook page, saying that the closest Martian encounters were less than 60 million kilometers, the most recent of which was in August 2003, indicating that the next meeting would be held in September 2035. "That the phenomenon corresponding to Mars, which lasts until September 7, will give it a great light that will temporarily make it resolved to the fourth place between the arrangement of the brilliance of objects in the dome of the sky, where it will be exceptionally glamorous Jupiter, which is generally the fourth brightest body in the sky.