“Musnad”: Explains the length of the lunar month in detail

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/07/31

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad, former climate professor at Qassim University and Vice President of the Saudi Weather and Climate Society, explained that the average length of the lunar month is <strong>29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and two seconds.</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “Al-Musnad” indicated that when the moon descends in a certain phase of the moon’s phases, such as the phase of the Pleiades, it reappears in the same phase after about 27.3 days, and this reflects the length of the lunar-sidereal month.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He added that the crescent appears in different shapes, such as the flat shape that resembles the letter Nun, the oblique shape that resembles the letter R, and the upright shape that resembles the letter Alif in Diwani script.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Musnad continued that the shape of the crescent for any month returns to its spatial and temporal position after a period ranging between 30 and 34 years.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also be interested in:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B9%D8%A7%... | Summer is packing its belongings to leave</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-... heat of the weather in the Gulf cleans the earth of insects.. Al-Zaq explains</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Length of the lunar month<br /> The average length of a lunar month is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2 seconds.<br /> If the moon descends into one of the lunar phases - for example - the phase of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7?src=has... Pleiades,</a> it returns to descend there again after 27.3 days, and this is the length of the lunar-stellar month.<br /><br /> The crescent has shapes: flat when it is in the shape of a letter... <a href="https://t.co/3hsxqviOt4">pic.twitter.com/3hsxqviOt4</a></p> - Mr. Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad (@ALMISNID) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALMISNID/status/1818250597553811824?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 30, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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