Photos of partial lunar eclipse captured from Saudi Arabia
The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Saturday evening captured a mesmerizing partial lunar eclipse that adorned various regions around the world, captivating audiences in the Arab World, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Several images of the eclipse were recorded simultaneously across the Kingdom.
The event lasted an hour and 17 minutes from 10:35 p.m. to 11:52 p.m. local time in Saudi Arabia, SPA said.
Following its natural orbit around our planet, the full moon began its passage through Earth’s shadow, moving from west to east.
“The partial eclipse reached its maximum at 11:14 p.m., covering six percent of the moon’s circumference,” President of the Jeddah Astronomy Society Majed Abu Zahra highlighted.
Ten minutes later, the moon resumed as a full moon appearance, having completed half of its monthly orbit around Earth, Abou Zahra added.
Abu Zahra pointed out that the partial lunar eclipse has historically provided proof of the Earth’s rounded shape, as onlookers can perceive the curved outline of the Earth’s shadow projected onto the moon’s surface at the climax of the eclipse.
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth’s shadow covers the moon, with three types: total, partial, and penumbral. It can turn the moon red, known as a “blood moon.”
