That means, the presence of the crescent moon as a sign of the arrival of the new month. In this case, the month of Ramadan ends and the month of Shawwal begins. This also indicates that Muslims end their fasting during Ramadan and at the beginning of this month of Shawwal, they will gather to perform the Eid al-Fitr prayer.

Astronomer and senior researcher of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Thomas Jamaluddin, explained that a solar eclipse phenomenon occurs when the position of the moon is between the earth and the sun. Meanwhile, on the morning of April 8th, the shadow of the sun fell on the Pacific Ocean and moved eastward towards the American mainland.

While the solar eclipse occurs, Indonesia is already in the evening heading towards the transition to April 9th. Thomas mentioned that the peak of the solar eclipse coincides with ijtima or the new moon, which marks the transition between the month of Ramadan and the month of Shawwal.

"I didn't experience a solar eclipse, so it was only used as a marker for the transition from Ramadan to Syawal," he added. Thomas also mentioned that Indonesia is still possible to be affected by the phenomenon of a solar eclipse, but it is still considered safe."