The beauty of nature or creation continues to beat mans imagination and as we enterde into the new year of 2019, Nigeria is expected to see a Lunar Eclipse by next week monday,.
According to Mr Felix Alle, head, media and public communications of the agency, said this in a statement on Friday.
A lunar eclipse is a celestial incident where the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth’s shadow. It occurs only when the sun, and the moon are exactly aligned with the earth between the two.
“There will be a lunar eclipse over Nigeria on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The eclipse, expected to be total, will begin in the evening of Sunday and end on Monday.
It is expected to commence from the early hours of Monday at approximately 3:36 am to reach its maximum at 6:12am in Nigeria and end at about 6:43am. The total duration of the occurrence over Nigeria will be three hours and 15 minutes,” the statement read.
