Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Youssef Gharbawy, President of South Valley University, and in cooperation with the National Institute of Astronomical and Geophysical Research headed by Dr. Jad Mohamed Al-Qadi, President of the Institute, the phenomenon of the total lunar eclipse had monitored as part of the organized events of the third astronomical day, in the presence of Dr. Khalid bin Alwaleed, Dean of the Faculty of Science and the researcher Ahmed Abdo El-Manawi.
Prof. Dr. Khalid bin Alwaleed stressed that the University is interested in spreading astronomical culture among the university’s students, adding that after the success of the first and second astronomical day, the University invited the National Institute of Astronomical and Geophysical Research to monitor the phenomenon of the total lunar eclipse in the framework of organizing the third-day events.
Dr. Iman Fouad El Sayed, Teacher in the Atmospheric Physics department at the Faculty of Science at South Valley University, stated that all stages of the eclipse lasted about five hours and 19 minutes, during which the eclipse began with a semi-eclipse at 3:32 a.m, then turn to the partial eclipse at 4:27 am, at 5:29 am the total eclipse began, at 6:11 am the peak of the total eclipse was, at 6:53 am the total eclipse ended and turned into a partial eclipse, the partial eclipse ended at 7:55 am, followed by the end of a semi-shadow eclipse at 8:50 a.m Cairo Time.
