Australia – The Earth will witness the first lunar eclipse of the year 2024, tomorrow, Monday, of the “semi-shadow” type, and it will not be seen in the Arab region, and the timing of its middle coincides with the timing of the full moon of the month of Ramadan for the current Hijri year 1445.
This penumbra eclipse will cover approximately 95.6% of the lunar disk, and all its stages from its beginning to its end will take approximately 4 hours and 39 minutes.
This eclipse cannot be seen with the naked eye and can be seen through telescopes in the areas where the moon appears when the eclipse occurs, including a large part of the continent of Europe, north/eastern Asia, a large part of Australia, North and South America, a large part of the continent of Africa, and the ocean. The Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic and Antarctic continents.
The phenomena of solar eclipses and lunar eclipses can be used to confirm the beginnings and ends of the lunar or Hijri months, as the phenomena clearly reflect the movement of the moon around the Earth and the movement of the Earth around the sun.
A “semi-shadow” lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the Earth’s penumbra, where the moon becomes only slightly darker and does not become completely dark or its color tends to become red like a total eclipse.
A lunar eclipse never occurs unless the moon is full, that is, when the Earth is between the sun and the moon, so that the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon. Likewise, a solar eclipse, whether total, partial, or annular, never occurs unless the moon is new, that is, when the moon is between the sun. And the Earth, so that the moon’s shadow falls on the Earth.
In the same context, the Jordanian specialist in astrophysics and space sciences, Ali Al-Taani, said that the month of Ramadan this year will witness two rare astronomical events, namely the lunar eclipse tomorrow and the solar eclipse on April 8.
The head of the Physics Department at Al-Balqa Applied University revealed, “A lunar eclipse tomorrow, Monday, of the penumbra type, and 95% of the moon’s diameter will be covered by the Earth’s penumbra.”
He added, “This eclipse is not visible from Jordan or the Arab world, and the “penumbral” lunar eclipse from beginning to end will take 4 hours, 39 minutes, and 7 seconds.”
Al-Ta’ani explained that “a penumbral eclipse occurs when the moon is full, and the sun, Earth, and moon are in one line, with the Earth in the middle.”
He said: “On April 8, a total solar eclipse will occur, but it will not be visible from Jordan or the Arab region, because it will occur after sunset in our region, and it will only be visible in the American continent and the Pacific Ocean.”
He pointed out that “the eclipse is the conjunction between the sun and the moon and the birth of the crescent (Shawwal crescent), and during the eclipse solar activity will be monitored, especially the magnetically complex areas that form above sunspots, as the moon moves over them.”
He revealed that “the eclipse will take approximately 5 hours and 10 minutes from its beginning to its end.”
Source: “sciencefocus” + “The Seventh Day” + “Ammon”
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2024-03-28 17:08:13