Lunar Eclipse: "The Giant Blood Wolf"

Astronomy enthusiasts around the world have witnessed the lunar eclipse, which some call the "giant wolf moon" at dawn on Monday.

And the moon acquired a very reddish shadow when he saw it from the earth when it appeared in the sky during the eclipse.

People were able to see the total eclipse of the moon in the skies of the Americas and parts of Western Europe, including Britain, as well as North Africa.

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This eclipse occurs when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, the sun disappears behind our planet and the moon moves in the earth reflected by the sun.

The moon was red, which led some observers to call this phenomenon "a giant and bloody wolf moon".

The moon is called "the giant" because it is at the closest point to the planet and at any other time, and it seems larger than normal when it is seen on the horizon.

The word "wolf" refers to the name that is cast on the moon when it comes to Badra in January, in reference to myths and fairy tales that speak of the wolf (people who become wolves) in the middle of the month.

The "Giant Wolf Moon" started at 2:35 am Monday and ended at 07:49 GMT, but the moment the moon turned red was around 5:21 GMT.

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