King Abdulaziz University determines 10 astronomical phenomena that will occur in January

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It seems that the astronomical phenomena that have occurred in 2020 will not be the last, and we will welcome our new year with other phenomena.The Department of Astronomy and Space Science at King Abdulaziz University has determined 10 astronomical phenomena that will occur – God willing – during this month of January..

In turn, the “Department of Astronomy” prepared an “infographic” in which it clarified these phenomena, and drew attention to the fact that the Earth will be in perigee, from today, Saturday , and on January 3, the world will witness the “quadrant meteors” and the moon will be in the last square on January 6..

On January 13, the crescent of the month of Jumada al-Akhira will be born, and the moon will be in the first square on January 21, and on the same day the moon will be associated with the planet Mars, and on the 24 of the month the elongation maximum east of the planet Mercury.

On the 24th, the external conjunction of Saturn will be realized, and after 4 days the moon will be a full moon, and the next day, January 29, the external conjunction of Jupiter will be.

It should be noted that the head of the Department of Astronomy and Space Science at King Abdulaziz University, Dr Hassan Muhammad Asiri, explained that the year 2021, God willing, will witness several astronomical events, including including the occurrence of a total lunar eclipse on May 26, seen in East Asia, Australia and the Americas, and a partial eclipse in November 19 is seen in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia.

He explained that these two phenomena occur because the earth lies between the moon and the sun in a straight line in space, then the earth’s shadow falls on the moon, forming the shadow regions and semi -shade, and if the entire moon falls in the shadow region of the earth, a total eclipse occurs while a partial eclipse occurs if part of the moon falls. In the shadow zone and the other part in the semi-shadow zone.

Asiri pointed out that the solar eclipse occurs before or two weeks after the eclipse, as northern Canada, Greenland and Russia witness an annular solar eclipse on June 10, while Antarctica witnesses a total solar eclipse on December 4, and the eclipse occurs when the moon falls between the earth and the sun. They are directly in space, so the moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth.

Emphasizing that the distance between the Moon and the Earth is not equal during the month; Because the orbit of the moon is elliptical and not circular, and when a total eclipse the apparent size of the moon matches that of the sun, while during an annular eclipse the moon appears smaller and the sun appears below the shape of a luminous ring surrounding the moon.

It is worth noting that the astronomical phenomena that will occur during the year 2021 AD are not limited to what has been mentioned only, but that Saturn on August 2 will fall in a converging position, while Jupiter will reach the same. position on August 20, and when the planet will meet the sun in the sky relative to the earth. So that it rises at the same time as the sun goes down. The converged position is the best time to observe the planet, as it is approximately at its closest point in its orbit with the Earth and therefore appears brighter and larger, and this happens to all planets in the solar system throughout the world. except Mercury and Venus as they are located inside the Earth’s orbit..