This was explained by engineer Majed Abu Zahra, observing in the skies of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world this evening, Friday 6 January, the full moon of the month of Jumada al-Akhirah, which is the first full moon of the winter season and the first in the new year 2023.
The moon will appear above the north-northeast horizon with sunset, and during its sunrise it will be noted that its size is large, and this is only an optical illusion that occurs in the middle of each lunar month and has no nothing to do with it if the moon is near or far from the earth in its elliptical orbit, after its height and distance from the horizon it will appear in its usual size.
In addition, it can be red or orange in color, due to dust, smoke and pollutants in the Earth’s atmosphere scattering the white light reflected from the moon, so that the blue spectrum colors with short wavelengths are scattered and the i Red spectrum colors with long wavelengths that reach our eyes and we see remain, the same reason we see the setting sun in a reddish color.
This moon will be full, coinciding with its arrival at apogee (the farthest point in its orbit from Earth) at a distance of 406,458 km. Therefore, the apparent size of this full moon will be smaller than the average in the sky by about 14% as bright as the giant moon – and therefore less bright than the giant moon. Even so, the full moon will still shine bright tonight.
Also, the full moon will be visible next to the stars Castor and Pollux, the brighter twin stars, but bright moonlight could make these two stars dim or even invisible.
The full moon’s path across the sky tonight will nearly mimic the sun’s apparent daytime path six months from now, as it will take the high path and play the role of the midnight sun in the Arctic Circle, while the reverse occurs in the southern latitudes of the globe, where the moon will stay below the horizon like the sun just in June.
The moon will reach its highest point in the dome of the sky at midnight directly above the observer’s head, and this will be followed by its arrival upon completion at 02:07 after midnight Mecca time (23:07 GMT). Earth this month. It will set with dawn on Saturday morning.
This time of month is ideal for viewing the radioactive craters on the moon’s surface through binoculars or a small telescope, unlike the rest of the land which appears flat due to the presence of the entire moon in sunlight. These radioactive craters are deposits of luminous reflective material that extends from the center of the craters outward for hundreds of kilometers. These craters are newly formed and Tycho is the most radiant crater.
During the next few nights, the moon will rise about an hour late each day, and after a few days it will only be seen in the dawn and early morning sky, at which time it will reach the last square stage, a week later. its full full moon.
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