NNA - Tomorrow, Monday, the Earth will witness the first “semi-shadow” lunar eclipse of the year 2024, the middle timing of which coincides with that of the full moon of the month of Ramadan for the current Hijri year 1445, according to “Russia Today.”

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. It 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. It will not be visible in the Arab region.

The phenomena of solar eclipses and lunar eclipses can be used to confirm the beginnings and ends of the lunar or Hijri months, as they reflect the movement of the moon around the Earth and the movement of the Earth around the sun.

The second event will be a total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8 but will not be visible from Jordan or the Arab region, because it will occur after sunset in this region and will only be visible in the American continent and the Pacific Ocean. The eclipse will take approximately 5 hours and 10 minutes from beginning to end.

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