Total lunar eclipse..and scenes from around the world spotted the event

Arab weather - Yesterday night (Sunday / Monday) the earth witnessed a total eclipse of the moon, which was witnessed by the residents of the regions on the night side of the earth, in both the Americas, Africa and Europe, where the peak of the eclipse was around seven in the morning Mecca time, and therefore most Arab countries ( In the east) you were unable to view the total phase of the eclipse because the moon was already set below the horizon.

(A map showing the regions that witnessed the total phase of the lunar eclipse (the dark region), and the regions on the outskirts that witnessed the beginning of the event (in the east) or its end (in the west))

One of our night shifters managed to put together this excellent timelapse of the lunar eclipse this evening. Enjoy! #LunarEclipse #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/C1UqXG3ciI

— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) May 16, 2022

(Time-lapse video of the total lunar eclipse from the Austin/San Antonio National Weather Service in the US)

These are scenes from around the world of the phase of the total lunar eclipse on the night of May 15-16, 2022:

(Photo of the total phase of the lunar eclipse - from Canada)

(Image credit: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)

(Photo of the total phase of the lunar eclipse - from Turkey)

(Image credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency))

(Image of the total phase of the lunar eclipse and its transformation into red/orange)

(Image credit: Chesnot))

(Image of the pre-total phase of the lunar eclipse and its beginning to turn red/orange - from Reno in the US state of Nevada)

(Image credit: Chesnot))

(Picture of the partial eclipse stage over Manhattan in New York City, USA)

(Image credit: Gary Hershorn)

(The moon rises over New York City behind the Empire State Building before an eclipse begins)

(Image credit: Gary Hershorn)

These are the phases that the moon passed through during the total eclipse, and the time of each phase is in Eastern Summer Time (EDT), i.e. 7 hours later than Makkah Al-Mukarramah time (the peak was 7:11 am Mecca time):

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