The Crescent Moon and the “Evening Star”
A lot of people received a “front-row seat” last Sunday evening, May 16, 2010 to a common and yet always awesome sight – the “evening star” visibly sitting on top of a crescent moon. People were abuzz both offline and online as people took photos of this astrological occurrence and posted it on social media sites.
The “evening star” is, as many may know already, the planet Venus. As community member Wiser explains in a question, Venus is the brightest object in the night sky after Moon so people thought in the early days (before we has astronomy) it was a star.
Actually, when Venus is seen in the easter sky before the sunrise it is referred to as a “morning star” and when it is seen in the evening in the west after sunset (similar to what just happened last night) it’s called an “evening star.”
How does this happen, that Venus appears as a star? Nuscorpi223 explained that it’s because Venus’ orbit lies inside Earth’s orbit around the Sun. When the orbit of Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, it also reflects the light of the Sun to earth so that when it moves from the evening to the morning sky, it becomes very visible to us and appears as a “star”.
To people who have just seen this, one question that may be on your mind is if there’s any significance to the crescent moon and Venus being so close together. Don’t worry, this natural phenomenon has no effect on Earth. Community member podi shared that planetary alignments have been happening for the longest time and there’s never been a documented effect to our planet.
In case you’re wondering why the crescent moon and star has come to symbolize Islam, this was asked before by community member bettycatmouse and Schneb gave the best answer. He said the crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years. Most sources say that these ancient celestial symbols were in use by the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of the sun, moon and sky gods. In this Wikipedia article, it says that possibly the symbol became associated with the Muslim faith when the Ottoman Empire became affiliated with the Muslim world.
If you missed seeing the crescent moon and “evening star” last night, don’t worry. Just click here and check out the different photos submitted in Flickr.
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sine ktk org jumpa bulan N bintang tok argh????????????????????/
sapa yg terlepas tengok fenomena ya mlm tdk…memang rugi…huhue
memang cantik glak2..
yalah kuasa Allah…yg maha pencipta
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lagi maha megetahui
Your conclusion that the usage of the cresent-moon and morning star, to emulate the ancient customs of the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in worshiping of the sun, moon and sky gods, is illogical and incorrect.
Islam prohibits the worshiping of any other god than THE ALMIGHTY. That include idols, the sun, the moon or any sky god, you may have thought off.
The earliest use of the cresent-moon symbol known to the moslem world was that Prophet Mohamed formed a team of medical volunteers to aid the injured jihads in battle fields. The team uses a flag that resemble the cresent moon-star.
The logo was meant to ‘shine a light’ to those injured an in need of help.
diela,sedihnya!allah tak bagi saya tengok 2x dah .jam berapa?
tv apa bagitau?
sedih ni sebab semalam tido lewat anak2 meragam!
sepatutnya tak missed
memang cantik fenomena ini. seumur hidup belum jumpa lagi seperti ini.
macam huruf ‘ba’ bentuknya
Allah maha pengasih lagi maha mengetahui……..
hadiah harijadi saya 16 Mei……paham semua..
Kmk bersyukur kerna dpt tgk dgn mata kepala kmk sendiri mlm tdk..kebesaran allah….
The crescent moon and star are the symbols that are part of Lord Shiva worship.They appear on the right side of his forehead.He is the chief deity inside the Ka’abah.The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamists used these symbols and Lord Shiva’s colour green to denote Islam.
Err,,mr suppiah we dont believe thats true…Hinduism is not familiar to the arab world in the age of Muhammad. I dont mean to disrespect your belief but u’re statement of Lord Shiva as a chief deity inside the Ka’abah is offensive to some people. If u want to believe in that fine. keep it to yourselves and give sermons to your people. We just believe in one God. – Allah = The one and only true god
(it’s a word, not a name)
Peace..
This has got nothing 2 do wit god’s grace or anyone… Its the mother universe and science finding’s… lets not bring religous view into tis matter…. Juz look at its beauty n enjoy it… Thks.. Juz felt like saying it!!!!
dlm perjalanan menghantar sedekah rmh nenek, sya melihat spti bulan gerhana yg ada bintang cerah di atasnya. perasaan sya tenang n terharu, melht kejadian yg amat menakjubkan yg tak pernah dilihat seumur hidup sya…lalu sya berdoa supaya dijauhkan dari segala kejahatan..dan petunjuk ke jalan yang benar….
kak umik ku da jwk nangga semalam.. lu happy mmbr u..
Allah maha besar dan maha mengetahui segala-galanya .Memang menakjubkan di kampung saya kita boleh lihat dengan jelas , bulan sabit di atas manakala bintang yang bersinar terang berada di bawah bulan sabit berkenaan.Sesiapa yang tak tengok memang rugi ………..
guys! I believe that for everything hapend in this life, there must be a reson behind it….its a secret of the universe for the human to think of, other than enjoying it
planet vunse dgn bulan dari oribt kuasa Allah swt… Tukar oribt jauh ke planet lain tp allah telah pecipta bumi kuasa Allah mempunyai ini… Nabi muhammud iaitu di lahirkan Bulan ini… Al-Quran kuasa Allah swt rahsid tu penting ISLAM… Lepas bulan murabk sebelum rejab bulan sampi…
Salam ammin saya berterima kasih nya sebanyak ini….
salam,,tuan2,,ingt mgkn ini adalah tanda Allah sayang pd kite,,mgkn ini petanda2 kiamat,,
tafsiran ahli dunia = ini hanya fenomena alam,,
tafsiran ahli akhrat = ini peringatan dari Allah yang Maha Penyayang…fikir2 kan..
Dalam perjalanan dari Serian ke Kuching di batu 12 kira kira jam 7.30 mlm,saya nampak bulan sabit dan bintang diatas.Dalam hati saya sungguh bersyukur malam ini saya dapat melihat bulan sabit dan bintang diatasnya melambangkan Islam.Dalam usia 50 tahun tidak pernah melihat bulan sabit dan bintang seperti itu.memang sudah di atur oleh Allah.Segala puji bagi Allah,Maha suci Allah,Allah maha besar.
Terpandang selama 10min sblm ianya menghilang, sabitnya yg membujur.kejadian sebgni disedari mula berlaku pd mlm 27 Syaaban 1430 yg lalu.semenjak dari itu kita x berkesempatan melihat purnama mlm ke-15 sbyk 3 kali.tengoklah nanti kalau2 terlihat purnama 15 jamadilakhir,adakah bentuknya bulat mcm syiling?SUBHANALLAH………
Pandanglah ia sebagaimana pandangan yg tidak MERUGIKAN krn MANUSIA ITU SELALU DALAM KERUGIAN.
faith is god, god is faith. please leave realigon out of this. it is a beautful moon how ever it is”’
Dont fight on the name of religion guys.. have your own beliefs and move on …
ada yang silap Ba dengan NUN
tok best ariya mak aku ngan aku skali on da way pergi umah kwn ku alu ngga bulan ya… alu aku ngan mak aku skali tepon org suruh ngga… lepas 10 minit kdak ya alu ilang… ya allah!! aku nang suka ngga… jadi kan wall paper aku dha gamba ya…. wah!!