Damascus-Sana
Tomorrow the world will witness a lunar eclipse coinciding with the appearance of the second giant moon this year, but the inhabitants of Syria and the Arab countries will not be able to see this unique astronomical phenomenon.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Syrian Astronomical Society, Nabil Al-Bish, explained in a statement to SANA that the occurrence of a lunar eclipse will coincide tomorrow with the appearance of the second giant moon and the third full moon. The full moon will be 357,351 kilometers closer to the Earth at its perigee, which is the lowest distance it reaches from the planet during 2021, so it appears outwardly that it is 14 percent larger in the sky and 30 percent more luminous and brighter than usual.
Al-Baish explained that the areas where the eclipse will be visible tomorrow are “Southeast Asia, Australia - many regions of North America - South America - Pacific Ocean - Atlantic Ocean - Indian Ocean Antarctica” where the eclipse can be seen from everywhere on the night side of the Earth in those Areas if the sky is clear.
