“The crescent of Rabi` al-Akher” adorns the sky of the Arab world. Monday

The crescent of the last month of Rabi` is observed in the sky of the Arab world after sunset on Monday, November 16, 2020, with the transition to the onset of night, where it is seen with the naked eye if the sky is clear and free of clouds.

According to the Jeddah Astronomical Society, the crescent moon will be far from the glow of the setting sun and will become higher in the sky compared to the previous night “Sunday evening”. It can be seen that the unlit side of the moon’s surface with sunlight for a few nights is shining with dim light, which is sunlight reflected from the earth and falling onto the moon in a phenomenon called the new moon. kissing the old moon.

The moon reached its pairing status on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 6:08 a.m. Cairo time, 7:08 a.m. Saudi Arabia 4:08 a.m. GMT.

For those who reside in the northern hemisphere “north of the equator,” the crescent moon will be tilted to the sunset position side, because we are in fall now and not above, as it is. This is the case in the southern hemisphere, where spring is there.

Over the next few nights, we can see that the unlit side is a moonlit one with faint sunlight reflecting off the earth and falling on the moon, and day by day we will notice the crescent of the moon increases in its brightness and rises high in the sky at sunset and stays longer after the onset of night as the moon moves. Far from the sunset site.

The moon moves west every day due to the earth’s rotation around its axis, but the moon’s actual movement is east of the stars and planets in the zodiac as it rotates around the earth.

Observation of the moon over the next few weeks will be a guide to determining the position of planets visible in the night sky, as well as several bright stars.