Today, Sunday 5 July 2020, the world will witness a semi-shadow eclipse of the moon.
The National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research said that during this semi-shadow eclipse the moon does not cross the dark part of the earth’s shadow “shadow” but rather it passes through the dim outer part of the “semi-shadow” so the moon’s disk remains fully lit.
This eclipse cannot be seen with the naked eye and can be seen through telescopes in the regions where the moon appears when the eclipse occurs, including (most of southern and western Europe – Africa) except for the northeastern part of it – most of North America – South America – most of Polynesia – New Zealand – the Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean – Indian Ocean – Antarctica).
It will take almost all stages of the eclipse from its inception to the end of a period of approximately two hours and forty-five minutes. Where the beginning of the eclipse will be at five and seven minutes in the morning and its end will be at seven and fifty-two minutes in the morning, and its peak (in the middle) in which the semi-shadow of the earth is obscured is approximately 35% of the moon’s disk. Six thirty in the morning local Cairo time.
This semi-shadow eclipse of the moon cannot be seen in Cairo because the moon is below the horizon during the eclipse.
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