2022 total lunar eclipse and the most beautiful pictures from around the world

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/11/08

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - Today, Tuesday (November 8), the Earth witnessed a total lunar eclipse, the last lunar eclipse in 2022, and the phenomenon of the total lunar eclipse will not be visible until March 2025, prompting fans of astronomical phenomena to take pictures documenting the strange cosmic phenomenon.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The eclipse began at 8:09 pm EST with the moon entering the shadow of the Earth and lasted 85 minutes before the phase of the total eclipse began around 9:16 pm, at which point the color of the moon turned red, for this reason the moon at the total eclipse is called a blood moon .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Watch also: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%AB-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7... broadcast of the 2022 total lunar eclipse</a> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZFhoAnSZ7yAYAVwjPv6YNL-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nQkFoqrDKu2KUbrzKKLYi7-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 647px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W6rGZbtbNJh993xcgCdgq6-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cbJYwqmUJoVoxhvpMKUTw7-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WR7xoBnEuRkR8bHKZE8EG7-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UrmmkM79Kxzuc5UGXKPXT7-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UspdTSgvS4Tsyi8v3X8g8A-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 545px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gmdLP4ZKyL8dWppoSzDb37-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 647px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FUk9qFq6uHQvmBs6XKciv6-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 647px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytrmbNBJXNng6zNwE76hM7-970-80.jpg.webp" style="width: 970px; height: 546px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/08/11/64308203-11403025-The_partial... style="width: 306px; height: 428px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <em>(The moon is in the partial eclipse phase on Tuesday as seen from Melbourne, Australia, as it began to turn red)</em> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/08/11/64307005-11403025-image-a-23_... style="width: 634px; height: 423px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <em>(A child plays with an umbrella in front of the full moon before the total eclipse in Stanwell Park, south of Sydney, Australia)</em> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/08/11/64307001-11403025-image-a-24_... style="width: 634px; height: 423px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <em>(The full moon rises over Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia, before the total lunar eclipse)</em> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/08/12/64308821-11403025-image-a-42_... style="width: 634px; height: 951px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/08/11/64306999-11403025-image-a-22_... style="width: 634px; height: 423px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, the Earth and the moon coincide in a straight line, which leads to the passage of the moon in the shadow of the earth, meaning that the earth blocks the light of the sun from the moon.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>For more: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%81-%D8%A7... eclipse on November 8.. and the areas that will witness the event</a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Phases of a total lunar eclipse</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A total lunar eclipse passes through three phases: semi-shadow, partial, and total.</p><ol style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The semi-shadow stage:</strong> It is the beginning of the eclipse and can hardly be seen with the naked eye. In this phase, the moon passes through the outer shadow of the Earth, and it is repeated twice, before and after the phase of the total eclipse when the moon moves back into the outer shadow of the Earth.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Partial phase:</strong> The partial phase occurs when the moon crosses the edge of the central shadow of the planet. At this stage, the earth&#39;s shadow moves across the face of the moon slowly, obscuring its brightly lit center so that only a thin glowing outer band remains visible from the edge of the moon. The partial phase continues until the outer strip completely disappears and the moon is in the full shadow of the earth, and the total phase begins, and the partial phase is repeated when the bright light begins to appear again on the edge of the moon, where it begins to emerge from the earth’s shadow again.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Total phase:</strong> is when the moon is completely in the shadow of the earth, at this point the moon will appear in a blood red color.</li></ol><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> More: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-... does the moon appear red during a total eclipse?</a></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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