The bloody moon shows the skies of the Arab region on Monday

The Arab region participates in several parts of the world, at dawn on Monday, watching the giant bloody moon, during the phenomenon of total eclipse.

The phenomenon of the giant moon occurs when the moon is full moon, because it approaches the point closest to its orbit around the earth, which makes it appear larger than the normal size and turns red because part of sunlight travels through the Earth's atmosphere to the moon. On its edges, allowing us to see the sides of the moon colored bright red.

According to a statement from the National Institute of Astronomical Research in Egypt, the observation of the eclipse in the global phase lasts an hour and three minutes, and the scope of his vision at this stage varies from 39, one state to the other.

"The eclipse will be observed in the regions of the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Ocean, most of the world". Oceania and the eastern part of Russia, "the statement said.

Eclipses occur when the earth pbades between the sun and the moon to turn into the sun behind the earth and the moon moves in the earth reflected by the sun.

Unlike the solar eclipse, where there is danger of looking directly at the sun, there is no danger of looking at the moon at the time of the eclipse because the light emitted is less intense.