{"id":223359,"date":"2023-04-18T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=283856"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:29:03","slug":"ramadan-very-special-moon-shawwal-total-solar-eclipse-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ramadan-very-special-moon-shawwal-total-solar-eclipse-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Your Calendars: Rare “Shawwal Moon” Eclipse to Light Up Skies at End of Ramadan, Won’t Be Seen Again for Two Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many are wondering when Ramadan<\/strong> will end in 2023<\/a>. This year, Ramadan began on Thursday, March 23 and has been extended for almost a month, until April 21<\/strong>. A month of fasting, known as “sawn” that some even live in space<\/a>, and which marks the beginning of Eid Al-Fitr<\/a><\/strong> (the Feast of the End of Fasting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the events of the Islamic calendar, including Ramadan, are strictly related to the movements of the moon<\/strong>, in a similar way to the celebration of Easter<\/a><\/strong>, the situation this year is unique, to say the least. Why is this? Because this year there will also be a hybrid total solar eclipse<\/strong> in the southern hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the “Shawwal Moon”?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The end of Ramadan is marked each year by the first sighting of an auspicious crescent moon<\/strong> called the “Shawwal Moon”<\/strong>, which appears in the tenth month of the Islamic calendar (Shawwal)<\/a><\/strong>, based on the lunar phases. When it is sighted (by eye), it immediately begins Eid Al-Fitr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This “Shawwal Moon” usually takes place only a few hours after the astronomical New Moon, at a time when the Moon “enters” the glare of the Sun, becoming completely hidden<\/strong>. As it begins to “emerge” after sunset, the Moon looks like a very thin crescent<\/strong>. After being sighted, it is considered the “Shawwal Moon”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When will the “Shawwal Moon” and the hybrid total solar eclipse take place?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Shawwai Moon will be visible between Thursday, April 20 and Friday, April 21, 2023<\/strong>, depending on the place where this phenomenon is observed. A very special New Moon, since it will be the one that will cause the first solar eclipse of 2023<\/a><\/strong>, known as “hybrid”, going from an annular eclipse<\/strong> (in which the apparent diameter of the Moon is smaller than the visible disk of the Sun, looking like a ring of fire) to a total eclipse<\/strong> (the appearance of the Moon is larger and covers all the light from the Sun).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be visible mid-morning on Thursday, April 20<\/strong>, and will only be visible from Exmouth in Western Australia, southeastern East Timor, and northwestern West Papua in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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