First lunar eclipse over Qatar sky to occur on Friday

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The first lunar eclipse of this year will occur on the evening of Friday (January 10), that will end at midnight on Saturday, Qatar Calendar House (QCH) has announced.

The coming lunar eclipse will be Penumbral lunar eclipse type; where about 90 percent of the full moon will be inside Earth's penumbra area during the peak of the Penumbral eclipse. Moreover, the total duration of the Penumbral lunar eclipse's phases will be four hours, and four minutes, astronomer at QCH Dr. Beshir Marzouk said.

The Penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible from Asia, Europe, and Africa, most of Australia, parts of North America, and the eastern part of South America. Qatar residents can see all phases of the coming Penumbral lunar eclipse; where this type of eclipse needs telescope for observing it as the Moon's colour will be only changing, and the Earth will not hide any part of Moon.

Dr. Beshir Marzouk added: 'The Penumbral lunar eclipse will start on the evening of Friday and end on midnight of next day (Saturday); where the Penumbral phase of lunar eclipse will start over Qatar sky at 8.08pm while the peak of lunar eclipse will occur at 10.10pm, and the Penumbral phase will end after midnight of Saturday.

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