Saw the globe, first Lunar eclipse In the year 2024, yesterday, Monday, March 25, it is of the “semi-shadow” type, not seen in Egypt and the Arab region, and the timing of its middle agrees with the timing of the full moon of the month of Ramadan for the current Hijri year 1445.
“The Seventh Day” publishes the details of the first lunar eclipse that the Earth witnessed in the year 2024, as follows:
1- The first lunar eclipse in 2024 occurred on Monday, March 25th.
2- This eclipse is of the “penumbral” type.
3- Not seen in Egypt and the Arab region.
4- The timing of its middle agreed with the timing of Badr of the month of Ramadan for the current Hijri year 1445.
5- Eclipse: The Earth’s penumbra covered approximately 95.6% of the Moon’s disk.
6- All stages from its beginning to its end took approximately 4 hours and 39 minutes.
7- This eclipse cannot be seen with the naked eye.
8- It can be seen through telescopes in the areas where the moon appears when the eclipse occurs.
9- It was seen in a large part of the continent of Europe, north/east of the continent of Asia, a large part of Australia, North and South America, and a large part of the continent of Africa.
10- The eclipse was seen in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the North and South Pole continents.
It is noteworthy that the phenomena of solar eclipse and lunar eclipse 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 redden 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), and a solar eclipse (whether total, partial, or annular) never occurs unless the moon is new, that is, when it is The moon is between the sun and the Earth (so that the moon’s shadow falls on the Earth).
The period between the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse is always about two weeks, which is the period that separates the new moon and the full moon. The first solar eclipse in 2024 will occur next April 8. It is of the total type and will not be seen in Egypt and the Arab region as well, and the timing of its middle coincides with the conjunction of the month of Shawwal. For the current Hijri year.