KUWAIT CITY, Aug 19: The Space Museum at Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Center has announced that Kuwait will witness a total lunar eclipse on the evening of Sunday, September 7, marking the first and last such event of the year.

In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Tuesday, the museum explained that during the eclipse, the entire disk of the moon will pass into the Earth’s shadow, making it fully eclipsed. The phenomenon will be visible not only in Kuwait but also across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

The museum outlined the three types of lunar eclipses:

The first phase in Kuwait will begin when the moon enters the penumbra, slightly dimming its brightness. This will be followed by the partial eclipse phase, as part of the moon moves into the Earth’s shadow. The final total eclipse phase occurs when the moon fully enters the Earth’s shadow, during which it takes on a reddish-orange hue caused by light scattering and refraction in the Earth’s atmosphere.

According to local time in Kuwait, the eclipse will begin at 6:28 pm, reach its peak at 9:11 pm, and conclude at 11:55 pm, based on calculations by the Space Museum.