{"id":266,"date":"2009-07-26T17:33:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T00:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2009-07-26T17:35:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T00:35:20","slug":"30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/07\/30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another month has gone by.\u00a0 The new moon this time around met with the sun and blocked her out, completely for nearly 6 minutes all across Asia.\u00a0 The longest total solar eclipse that the Earth will see for the next 123 years!\u00a0 If you missed it, like I did, oh well, I guess we will have to figure out how to live another 123 years.<\/p>\n

However, every month, the possibility for either a solar or lunar eclipse is there.\u00a0 At each new moon, the Moon comes in between the the Sun and the Earth, that is why we lose sight of the Moon for a couple of days as it passes in front of the Sun.\u00a0 At each full moon, there is a possibility of a lunar eclipse as the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon.\u00a0 The reason we do not have two eclipses each month is that the Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not in the same plane as the orbit of the Earth around the Sun.\u00a0 The graphic below should help in clarifying that.<\/p>\n

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Only when all three bodies line up perfectly on the ecliptic will an eclipse occur.\u00a0 They are not hard to predict, but they also do not occur all that frequently.\u00a0 However when an eclipse does occur, it is a big deal and many cultures have placed significance in its occurrence.\u00a0 But what goes almost un-noticed month after month is the emergence of a new moon a day or so after conjunction.\u00a0 The beauty and subtlety of the new moon is something that words fail to convey.\u00a0 It needs to be experienced to really be appreciated.\u00a0 What is wonderful is that we see twelve new moons every year, so your chances of seeing one are much better than that of an eclipse, and given the conditions, the display is just as impressive.<\/p>\n

\"Shabaan<\/a>

Sha'baan 1, 1430<\/p><\/div>\n

A few days ago, a day after the big solar eclipse actually, the new crescent moon made its appearance once more.\u00a0 Surely its significance was “eclipsed” by the Solar eclipse itself, but it ushered in the Islamic month Sha’baan, known as the Month of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.\u00a0 It is the month that proceeds the month of mandatory fasting for the Muslims, the month of Ramadan, and it is a month preparations – both physical and spiritual.<\/p>\n

Great anticipation builds in the Muslim world once the moon of Sha’baan is sighted, for in 30 days worldly pleasures take a back seat for an entire month. Eating, drinking and marital relations come to a screeching halt during daylight hours and at night, the hours are spent in spiritual endeavors from reciting the melodic verses of the Quran in Arabic as in the first chapter Al-Faitha ~ The Opening<\/a>\u00a0to standing in prayer, sometimes for up to three or more hours!\u00a0 All with the intention of establishing a connection and closeness to the Creator and Lord of our world.\u00a0 So as this month is whittled away by time and we approach the next new moon it will have immense significance to 1.6 Billion people around the world.\u00a0 And although the heavens will not put on a show as grand as a total solar eclipse, it ushers in a month long exercise that eclipses most others.<\/p>\n

Peace to you all.<\/p>\n

~ Youssef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another month has gone by.\u00a0 The new moon this time around met with the sun and blocked her out, completely for nearly 6 minutes all across Asia.\u00a0 The longest total solar eclipse that the Earth will see for the next 123 years!\u00a0 If you missed it, like I did, oh well, I guess we will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[41,162,17,5,45,163],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}