KUWAIT WITNESSES SOLAR ECLIPSE, PRAYERS OFFERED; AGAIN IN 2027

  • 26/10/2022

Kuwait City: Kuwait's skies witnessed a partial solar eclipse at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, which lasted until 3.44 p.m. — a space phenomenon deemed the most significant in the country this year. According to Issa Al-Nasrallh, director of space sciences at the Scientific Club, the partial sun eclipse is the first recorded in Kuwait since the coronavirus constraints were lifted on June 21, 2020, when the Kuwaiti skies witnessed an eclipse at a rate of 60% of the sun size. On December 26, 2019, another partial eclipse occurred when the sun appeared blurred at sunrise. The phenomenon will reoccur in Kuwait on August 2, 2027, and again on March 20, 2034, he added. 


Meanwhile, the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Cultural Center reported that the shape of the eclipse varied from region to region. The sun's hidden side is more visible in northern regions. The partial eclipse lasted two hours and 24 minutes, according to Khaled Al-Ajman, the museum curator at the centre. Kuwaiti citizens and residents performed eclipse prayer on Tuesday, as is customary whenever the sun is eclipsed. Kuwait's skies witnessed a partial solar eclipse at 1:20 p.m., which lasted until 3.44 p.m.

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