Wednesday 22 / January / 2025
Muscat: Oman on Thursday witnessed a partial and annular solar eclipse which lasted about two hours and 27 minutes.
Hundreds of people turned from across the country to catch a glimpse of the annular solar eclipse.
Oman News Agency (ONA) said on online: “The eclipse phenomenon started before sunrise at 6:31 am, local time and reached a climax at 7:39 am, and continued until the 8:58 Am”
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“The annular eclipse lasted for approximately three minutes in the areas located in the transit path of the annular eclipse, which are the governorates of Dhahirah, Al Dakhiliya, Al Wusta and Ash Sharqiyah South, while the rest of the Sultanate’s governorates witnessed only a partial eclipse of the sun” ONA added.
