Written by Mahmoud Ragheb
Monday, April 8, 2024 04:00 AM
Today, Monday, the Earth is witnessing… Total solar eclipse Egypt and the Arab region will not be able to see it, and it can be seen as a total eclipse in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada, while it will be seen as a partial eclipse in western Europe, North America, northern South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic continent.
The total eclipse will take from its beginning to its end a period of approximately five hours and 10 minutes. At the peak of the total eclipse, the lunar disk will cover about 105.7% of the entire disk of the sun. The eclipse will cover an area 197.5 km wide and will take a period of 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
A total eclipse is a type of solar eclipse that usually occurs when the Moon, during its monthly cycle around the Earth, is in the waning phase at the end of the lunar month and immediately before the birth of the new crescent, where the Moon is located between the Earth and the Sun on the line of conjunction, which is the line connecting the centers of the Earth and the Sun, or close to it. And if it is located on one of the ascending or descending nodes or close to them, in this case the distance between the moon and the Earth changes between 405 thousand km and 363 thousand km. As a result of this change in distance, the size of the moon changes apparently relative to us. When it is close, its size is large and covers the entire disk. The sun causes a total eclipse.
The phenomenon of the solar eclipse is useful in confirming the beginning of the Hijri months, as the solar eclipse occurs in conjunction or conjunction, meaning that the occurrence of the solar eclipse indicates the nearness of the birth of the new crescent, and the center of the eclipse is considered the date of the birth of the new moon.
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