It is not prescribed for the people who live in a country where the eclipse is not happening to offer the prayer. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) connected the command to offer the eclipse prayer to actual sighting of the eclipse, not to news from astronomers that an eclipse was going to happen or to its happening in another country.

How to pray eclipse prayer

• The worshipper recites the opening Takbir and the opening supplication, then he seeks refuge with Allah (from the devil).
• Then he recites Al-Fatihah, followed by a lengthy recitation.
• Then he bows, making it lengthy.
• Then he rises from bowing and says: Sami`a Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka Al-hamd.
• Then he recites Al-Fatihah again, followed by another lengthy recitation, but shorter than the first recitation.
• Then he bows again, making it lengthy but shorter than the first time.
• Then he rises from bowing and says: Sami`a Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka Al-hamd, and stands for a long time.
• Then he prostrates twice, making each prostration lengthy, and sits for a long time between the two prostrations.
• Then he gets up for the second Rak`ah, and does the same as he did in the first Rak`ah.

If a woman has any impediment that prevents her from praying Eclipse Prayer, then she can still do other things such as calling upon Allah, giving charity, seeking Allah’s forgiveness, remembering Him, and other deeds by means of which she may draw close to Allah.

What the verse means is that the sun cannot rise at night, because the night is the time for the moon to rise, and the moon cannot rise during the day, because that is the time for the sun to rise. Solar and lunar eclipses do not come under the heading of the catching up that is referred to in the verse.