Astronomy Institute: Ramadan 29 days and moon reaches the first square at 3 am and 12 minutes

Egyptian reports

Dr. Jad al-Qadi, head of the National Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Research, confirmed that the astronomical calculations conducted by the Institute scientists revealed that the number of Ramadan for the current Hijri year (1440) will be 29 days, and that the moon of Ramadan occurred at the first square moment at dawn on Sunday at The third and 12 minutes local time for Cairo, so he has cut a quarter of the distance in orbit around the Earth

He pointed out, in a statement today to the Middle East News Agency, that the first quadrature period is an ideal time to monitor the surface of the moon using a binocular or small telescope, where half the moon and half of the moon appear dark, and the mountains and craters and others are very clear especially along The line separating the bright and dark sides due to the overlap of light and shadows gives a three dimensional perspective.

The head of the Institute said that in the next few days the distance between the moon and the sun will increase in the sky every night, as the moon approaches the completed full moon, and instead of sunrise in the afternoon it will be delayed until it shines with the sunset, indicating that in that case will witness Fasting hours in Egypt increase daily incrementally, until the end of the month to 15 hours and 43 minutes, compared to 15 hours and 3 minutes at the beginning, according to the local time of Cairo.

He said that the number of phases of the moon during its rotation around the earth is 8 phases each month, changing the visual form from the stage of the crescent through the Badr and then ends with the appendages, noting that these phases arise as a result of the rotation of the moon during the entire Arab month around the earth in the form Oval minus oval orbit, its phases vary periodically during the process of rotation depending on the change in the relative positions of the moon and the earth and the sun.

The first half of the moon is illuminated by the sun (except for lunar eclipses), so it is bright or bright, but a part of the illuminated half that is visible to the observer can change from 100 percent if Zero percent is in the phase of (mohack), and the boundary between the illuminated and unburned hemisphere is called the solar junction.

In a report to the Middle East News Agency (MENA), if the moon's sight and vision are joyful and joyful, the moon's vision is a special one, as Muslims eagerly await the appearance of this delightful guest, Suhay al-Ataya, Samia acquired it by fasting and reading and reading the Koran, in a collective behavior does not differentiate between rich and poor, sex and race

The moon orbiting the Earth is a celestial object, one of the largest satellites in the solar system, with a mass of 1 to 81 of a mass on Earth. The Moon is believed to be under the influence of centrifugal force, split from its Earth's crust. Of the ancient Egyptians that the moon resides in every night, and there is a moon and different phases and forms in one month

This is due to the fact that the moon is basically a dark object with no light, and the source of its illumination is the sun. The main moon is the sphere, and a part of the moon is lit and the other part is dark. The human sees one side of it. This is due to the presence of gravity. Of the speed of rotation of the moon, which moves faster than the sun, and see humans in different forms 00 Crescent at the beginning of the month, and then the first square, and the hump growing, and Bdr, and the shrinking and second, and then the second crescent of the month, and the appendix.

The first moon of the month (the rising crescent), the first stage of the moon and the crescent is in the first month, the time of appearance is noon and dusk time, and the proportion of lighting of the moon at this stage (1-49) percent, and almost after seven days From the lunar month the moon begins in the next phase (the first quadrature). In this stage, the moon's appearance and illumination is 50%, while the time of its appearance is in the day to the first night.

The moon reaches the stage of the "humpback" growing at about 11 days of the lunar month, and its illumination rate is 50 percent. The time of its appearance is late in the day and it stays most of the night. The next stage is the full moon, It is at this stage that it appears fully in the sky from the sun's sunset to its brightness, when it passes almost 15 days of the lunar month.

The Moon begins to decline to reach the phase of Ahdab diminishing, and at this stage begins to appear and illuminate in the decrease of 99-51 percent, and the time of appearance is most of the night and day, when it passes almost 18 days of the lunar month, followed by the second quadrature phase and in which the proportion of light, After about 22 days of the lunar month, and the moon of this stage is almost the end of the night and most of the day, after which the moon reaches the stage of Hilal last month (Crescent decreasing), because the rate of appearance of the moon begins to decrease from 49-1 percent, It is before the sun shines and continues to the first day.

Then comes the sign announcing the start of the new moon, and at this stage the moon at the end of the month, and can not be seen where the sun and the earth on one straightness, and dark the face of the moon overlooking the ground and blocking his vision of humans.

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