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(MENAFN – Al Watan) The moon will be watched in the sky of the Arab world today, when it is 99.7% illuminated by sunlight and visible all night.
The head of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, Engineer Majid Abu Zahira, explained that the moon will appear from the southeast horizon at sunset and its apparent size will be large when it is close to the horizon. all because the July full moon, like the January sun, is so far south on the sky dome that it cannot be seen from northern latitudes.
He pointed out that the moon will reach the highest point in the sky around midnight, tilted south, and set on the southwest horizon with the sunrise on Saturday.
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Abu Zahira added: In general, we can say that the moon will be full all night, but scientifically we call the full moon when it is 180 degrees in front of the sun, and it will happen on the morning of Saturday, the July 24 at 5:36 am Saudi time (2:36 am GMT) and will cut half of its orbit around Earth during the month.
He said this time of the month is ideal for viewing the radioactive craters on the moon’s surface using binoculars or a small telescope, unlike the rest of the land which appears flat due to the falling full moon. Sun. , and these craters are believed to be newly formed, and Techo Crater is the most radiant crater.
And he indicated that during the nights to come, the moon will rise about an hour late each day, and after a few days it will only be visible in the dawn and the sky in the early morning, and then it will reach the stage of the last quarter. one week after the full moon phase.
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The head of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, Engineer Majid Abu Zahira, explained that the moon will appear from the southeast horizon at sunset and its apparent size will be large when it is close to the horizon. all because the July full moon, like the January sun, is so far south on the sky dome that it cannot be seen from northern latitudes.
He pointed out that the moon will reach the highest point in the sky around midnight, tilted south, and set on the southwest horizon with the sunrise on Saturday.
full moon
Abu Zahira added: In general, we can say that the moon will be full all night, but scientifically we call the full moon when it is 180 degrees in front of the sun, and it will happen on the morning of Saturday, the July 24 at 5:36 am Saudi time (2:36 am GMT) and will cut half of its orbit around Earth during the month.
He said this time of the month is ideal for viewing the radioactive craters on the moon’s surface using binoculars or a small telescope, unlike the rest of the land which appears flat due to the falling full moon. Sun. , and these craters are believed to be newly formed, and Techo Crater is the most radiant crater.
And he indicated that during the nights to come, the moon will rise about an hour late each day, and after a few days it will only be visible in the dawn and the sky in the early morning, and then it will reach the stage of the last quarter. one week after the full moon phase.
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