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Perhatian:Pada jam 6pagi,15 Syawal,bulan penuh purnama dan berada di ufuk barat.Pagi tadi,jam 6pagi,26 Syawal, saiz bulan kurang dari 1/4 dan berada di ufuk timur.Apa yang kita lihat saiz dan lokasi bulan berubah mengikut masa.

Ramai orang tahu kenapa tetapi hanya sedikit yang tahu maknanya.

The full moon-15th Zulhijjah,1428

  The full moon 
  Originally uploaded by Adibi

I took this photo on 2007:12:24 at 22:34:44 .It was a really very bright moon due to some astronomical special alignment between the earth,the moon and Mars.I read that this phenomena next occurrence will be in 2023.It appears as bright as my neighbour's lighted porch  as seen at the bottom of the photo.

If you miss it,try tomorrow night.

Two moons?

Just to share this info with my fellow readers:-

Special Note: After checking with my learned friend Shah at his website, he concluded the posting I cut/paste below is a hoax.My apologies.(3.21pm)

*Two moons on 27 August*

*27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.........

....*

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.

It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will
cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure
to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am . It will look like the earth has 2
moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

Note on the photo:Taken on 15 Shawal 1426.It was full moon..If you have observed that I have taken "two moons overlapping one another".Actually,my hands was shaking a bit when I took this photo.

Total lunar eclipse 4th March

Yesterday, at about 6am,I witnessed the almost full moon got smaller and smaller due to its eclipse. However, I failed to see the total eclipse due to clouds and unclear weather conditions. According to the astronomical reports, this phenomena happens about once in three years on average. You can read more info here and the mechanics of eclipse here.

Other than a beautiful sight to behold, I also was reminded that these heavenly bodies obey certain laws and rules on their own.They move and rotate according to their pre-destined orbits and with some knowledge we the inhabitants of this planet earth can forecast their movements.

My question: Do these planets have the minds of their own? It is good to ponder and come to own own conclusions..

Here is a link to some verses in the Holy Qur'an about some scientific facts about the universe.If you wish to see some photos about what happened yesterday, please visit this website and click Rare Lunar Eclipse button there.

Note: The photo shown is a full moon taken from Masjidil Haram a few years ago.It was a sight to behold.

Partial Eclipse of the Moon

In case if you missed this information,kindly visit my friend Shahrin's website.By the way,it is written in Malay.It is going to be tonight at about 8pm.InsyaAllah, I will be ready with my camera and I hope to capture it as I see it.You are welcome to browse my online photo album here.

Can someone tell me how to take the photo of the moon using ordinary digital camera?Thanks for your help.

Time flies so fast that we are almost in the middle of Ramadhan al-Mubarak.It is also time to check our ibadah scoreboard.I hope and pray my next half of Ramadhan will be better than my first half.All of us may not have achieved what we planned to do,but what really matters is the efforts we took and the patience we bear to do as much ibadah as we could.