Tonight where the night is a historic night that bertepatatan on Wednesday night, 31 January 2018, the occurrence of lunar eclipse so tonight is different from the usual night ..
Memunurut information that I read in some media, opinion and also ariket quotes the words Head of National Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Thomas Djamaluddin mention the total lunar eclipse on tonight, Wednesday (31/1/2018), is special and attract attention public. Why is that?
Professor of Astronomy-Astrophysics Research, LAPAN explained because the name is called Supermoon. That is because the distance of the moon is still closest to the earth. So that the full moon and eclipse look bigger than usual.
Then because it was called Blue Moon because it was the second full moon in January, after 1 January.
In addition, total lunar eclipse is also often called Blood Moon because when the total eclipse of the moon looks red blood.
So the lunar eclipse on January 31, 2018 may be called Super-Blue-Blood-Moon, "said Head of LAPAN as quoted Tribunnews.com, Wednesday (31/1/2018) in his article entitled" Total Moon Eclipse Prove the Earth Spherical: Flat "uploaded on his blog, tdjamaluddin.wordpress.com.
He further explained the total lunar eclipse January 31, 2018 will be seen throughout Indonesia. The process of eclipse starts at 18:48 pm.
Total lunar eclipse at 19.52-21: 08 hrs. The eclipse process ends at 22:11 pm.
The process, starting at 18:48 WIB the bottom (east side) of the full moon begins to darken by the shadow of the earth.
Then at 19.52 to 21:08 the moon becomes dark red when the full moon enters the shadow of the earth's core.
"The red color is caused by the refraction of sunlight by the earth's atmosphere," he explained.
After that slowly full light began to appear from the bottom right (East). And the eclipse process ends at 22:11 pm.
Previously reported the phenomenon of total lunar eclipse 'Super Blue Blood Moon' at the end of January is said to be seen clearly by the people of Indonesia.
Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati, warned that the phenomenon of a rare lunar eclipse will occur on January 31.
The process of this eclipse will be observed from Indonesia clearly.
According to Dwikorita's explanation regarding the total lunar eclipse map of January 31 in Indonesia, there are seven phases of lunar eclipses that will occur.
"The phases are the eclipse start (P1), the partial eclipse starts (U1), the total eclipse starts (U2), the peak of the eclipse, the total eclipse ends (U3), the eclipse partially ends (U4), and the eclipse ends (P4)," said Dwikorita, in Central Jakarta, Monday (29/1/2018).
In Indonesia, when the moon rises and is in full phase at around 20.30 WIB, January 31, 2018, the total lunar eclipse will be in the peak phase.
The event will last approximately 77 minutes, in which people across Indonesia will see the moon turning red.
"As seen on the map, the entire eclipse process can be observed in the Pacific Ocean, as well as the eastern parts of Asia, Indonesia, Australia, and northwestern America," Dwikorita said.
In Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and the entire province of Sumatra, the phases of P1 and U1 will be clearly visible as they occur just above these areas.
Overall, eclipse events from the initial phase to the end will last about six hours, starting at 17:00 pm until 23:00 pm.
In addition to eastern Asia, this rare lunar eclipse can also be seen in the western parts of Asia, the Indian Ocean, eastern Africa, and eastern Europe.
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according to the writings of a stone in a publication in social media which was written directly by Dr. Mizaj Iskandar, Lc., LL.M., Lecturer at the Faculty of Sharia and Law of UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, and Vice Chairman of the Alumni Association of Middle East (Ikat) Aceh. Email: [email protected]
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 happened an important event. On that day the moon shows three phenomena at once, supermoon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse. These three phenomena are often referred to by NASA as a super blue blood moon phenomenon.
Eclipse is a natural event that is often used as an object of mythology by ancient tribes. According to Inca's beliefs, eclipses occur because Jaguars have eaten sun or moon. If the eaten is the sun then there will be a solar eclipse and if the eaten is the moon, there will be a lunar eclipse. As illustrated in the Apocalypse movie.
Not much different from the convictions of the Incas, ancient Chinese people believe the time of the eclipse as the worst time to get out of the house. In their beliefs the eclipse occurs because the dragon engulfs the sun or the moon. As an anticipative form, usually the ancient Chinese people burned firecrackers to scare the dragon. In Java, eclipse phenomena are always associated with the myths of pregnant women should enter under the bed to avoid bad luck.
Islam and eclipses
The myths associated with the eclipse was also enveloped pre-Islamic Arab (Jahiliyah). At least this is indicated by the stories contained in the hadith of the Prophet. In Sahih Bukhari it is narrated that when Ibrahim son of the Messenger of Allah died in the year 8 H, the Medina community then linked the death to the solar eclipse that occurred on the same day as Ibrahim's death.
The Messenger of Allah who listened to this message then showed his displeasure, prompting him to straighten the prejudices of some of his companions. In a hadith the Prophet said, "There really is no solar or lunar eclipse caused by the death or the birth of any of you, but both the signs of God's greatness, whoever sees it let him perform the prayer."
From the above hadith can at least be drawn some conclusions. First, in his lifetime, the Messenger of Allah experienced only one eclipse event, the solar eclipse; second, the eclipse occurs in 8 H; third, at that very first eclipse prayer; fourth, the eclipse prayer performed by the Prophet in response to misunderstanding while the companions of the eclipse and fifth events, the response contains an attempt against mythology (demythology) is commonly believed at the time.
Practice of this eclipse prayer in the future formalized by the scholars of the school of jurisprudence as one of the sunna worship in Islam. There is nothing wrong with this formalization, but what concerns then is the trapping of Muslims in running the formality of the eclipse prayer without being able to capture the essence or substance of the prayer itself, that is, dememinizing something other than Allah (tawheed).
The rise of mythology in the Muslim community lately is the antithesis of the intention of disyariatkannya eclipse prayer. It is still fresh to remember when a Mubaligh believes that if the tsunami happened in Aceh is the punishment of God for Aceh, or the overthrow of pine trees in the mosque because it is believed to be the Christian Tree of the Christians, and the "Perda Ngangkang" issued by the Guardian City of Lhoksemawe.
In the essence of Islamic teachings, religious attitudes that straddle the mind are strongly criticized. In a hadith the Holy Prophet said, he dina liman la 'aqla lahu (no religion except for the intelligent). Likewise in Christian theology, found the same spirit, Fides Quaerens intellectum (faith requires profound reason). Even an Indian freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi once said, faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies (faith must be established with reason When faith becomes blind then he dies).
These classical wisdoms are seen as important for reproduction, given the movement of a handful of highly religiously religious societies without being accompanied by the power of reason in thinking (raghabah fi al-din ma'a al-juhli fih). In Islamic studies, such religious attitudes can lead to deviations in religion. In this context, such a deviation takes the form of two: First, the deity of the ordinary people, and; Second, giving rise to fanaticism in an elite level or policy maker (stakeholder).
At least the three cases above reflect what was said. Tsunami as a doom and piercing of pine trees is an exaggerated myth generated from the attitude of the spirit of blind religion that is not accompanied by good intellectual power. While "Perda Ngangkang" shows the fanaticism of policy makers to produce rules that "as if" islami.
Eclipses and so do other natural events are natural phenomena that can be predicted and explained scientifically. Therefore, it is a pity if this rare natural phenomenon is enjoyed by mythical ways. Instead, the educational ways wrapped in religious nuances can be optional for those who want to enjoy the last natural event 150 years ago. Hopefully!
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