Dr. Jad Al-Qadi, head of the Astronomical and Geophysical Research Institute, revealed the details of the Moon-Mars conjunction phenomenon this year, explaining that it is an optical phenomenon.
Details of the phenomenon
Al-Qadi explained, during a call to the “Good Morning Egypt” program broadcast on Channel One today, Thursday, that we see in the phenomenon two celestial bodies in a straight line, although the distances between them can be estimated in thousands or kilometers, like the distance between the Moon and Mars, and it is a phenomenon that is not unique, but is repeated more than once during the year.
The importance of the phenomenon
He pointed out that the phenomenon of the conjunction of the moon with the planet Mars is beautiful for amateur astronomers, especially since there is a lot of information being transmitted about the planet Mars, and that astronomical phenomena confirm the astronomical calculations of astronomers, as there is confusion in some Arab months such as the relationship between seeing the crescent and fasting, but astronomical phenomena help to check astronomical calculations.
