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29-10-2023
LONDON/ DUABI/ ISLAMABAD: The moon passed through part of Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday and was visible to potentially millions of stargazers across the Eastern Hemisphere, providing an early skygazing treat just days before Halloween.
The October 28 partial lunar eclipse, the last of four eclipses in 2023 two each of the Moon and the Sun occurred during October’s full Hunter Moon and featured the eerie sight of part of the Moon disappearing as it passed in The darkness was shrouded The shadow of the earth.
The lunar eclipse only occurred on the night side of Earth because our planet was moving between the moon and the sun. Sky watchers with clear skies were able to view the event from countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and parts of Australia. Some observers in select US states such as New York, Alaska and North Carolina were also able to capture the final stages of the solar eclipse. For everyone else, several livestream webcasts of the lunar eclipse featured online views from TimeandDate.com as well as the Virtual Telescope Project from Ceccano, Italy.
The full Hunter’s Moon is seen during a partial lunar eclipse over Kuwait City in Kuwait on October 28, 2023.
TimeandDate.com captured stunning video of the entire lunar eclipse using telescopes on three continents in regions including Bergen, Norway, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Perth, Australia.
Towards the end of the eclipse, the Norwegian telescope captured a truly spectacular sight: the fading lunar eclipse with the brilliant planet Jupiter at the top right of the moon.
The last remnants of Earth’s shadow can be seen on the Moon at the bottom right, while the brilliant planet Jupiter shines at the top right in this stunning image of the October 28 partial lunar eclipse in Bergen, Norway. (Image credit: TimeandDate.com)
In Dubai, nearly 200 spectators gathered at the Al Thuraya Astronomy Center in Mushrif Park to watch the lunar eclipse alongside the Dubai Astronomy Group, which livestreamed their views on TimeandDate.com.
“Many children came to see this event. We are very excited and no one is on the phone, which is incredible, everyone is just looking up at the moon,” said Khadijah Ahmad, operations manager at Dubai Astronomy Group, during the livestream. “We have about eight telescopes set up down there, and the public stands all over these telescopes to observe and photograph them.”
A view of the peak of the October 28, 2023 partial lunar eclipse from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Cloudy weather in London, England, wasn’t enough to spoil a sky watcher’s view. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
