Cyprus to witness red moon on Monday

Cyprus will witness a partial lunar eclipse on Monday night which will be the first astronomical phenomenon of the summer that will see the moon turn red.

According to the President of the Cyprus Astronomical Society,  the event will be visible with the naked eyes throughout the island after sundown.

During a lunar eclipse, the earth moves between the moon and the sun and subsequently hides the moon from the sun, in other words, the moon is shaded by the earth, explains Chrysanthos Fakas.

The phenomenon starts at 8.22pm on Monday when the moon will slowly start changing colour turning reddish instead of becoming invisible, Fakas added.

The peak of the lunar eclipse will be visible at 9:20pm while the moon is expected to start moving out of the earth’s shadow at 10:18pm.