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The sky of the Arab world witnesses, on the evening of Friday January 10, a half-shadow eclipse of the moon, the first of four this year, which occurs two weeks after the annular solar eclipse of December 26, and will last 4 hours and 4 minutes.
The Jeddah Astronomical Society said: “A half-shadow eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the half-shadow of pale earth and during this type of eclipse the moon’s illumination will be slightly dimmed, but as its disc will remain fully illuminated during the period of the eclipse, and this will apply to all lunar eclipses in 2020 as they are semi-shadow type ”.
She added: “The phases of the eclipse will be at the same time in all regions of the Kingdom, as the eclipse will begin to enter the semi-shaded area of the moon at 7:08 a.m. Cairo time (5:08 p.m. GMT) and at At this point, no change in the illumination of the lunar disk will be observed. It will appear as normal. “
She continued, “This is followed by the arrival of the eclipse at its greatest climax at 9:10 pm Cairo time (7:10 pm GMT) and this will be the best time to try and notice the fading brightness of the moon. In general, the moon’s disk will remain fully illuminated and no changes can be observed during observation. With the naked eye. “
She said: “Simultaneously, the moon will reach full moon time at 9:21 pm Cairo time (19:21 GMT) and thereby cut a half orbit around the earth, which is the first of three full moons. winter in the northern hemisphere, and it will. The eclipse ends with the moon emerging from the semi-shadow of the earth at 11:12 am Cairo time (9:12 am GMT).
It should be noted that a half-shadow eclipse will be followed by another eclipse of the same type on June 6 in the skies of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.
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