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KUWAIT, Feb. 16 (KUNA) – Kuwaiti astronomer Khalid Al-Jamaan said Saturday night that the moon should see the moon at its closest point to Earth this year. In January 2023.
Al-Jamaan said Saturday in a press release that the distance between the Earth and the Moon would be 356,761 km this month, compared to 356,569 km in 2023, noting that the average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,400 km.
He explained that this phenomenon was due to the orbit of the moon around the Earth, where the moon is sometimes close to the Earth and sometimes distant from them, varying from month to month and from year to year. in year.
The moon is closest to Earth at the point closest to the Earth, it will be 14% larger and brighter at 30%.
He pointed out that this approach of the Earth was limited to the impact on tidal phenomena at sea, explaining that the increase of the rate of 3 to 4% was very normal as there would be no negative impact of this phenomenon on the ground. (End)
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