Al-Ahsa .. The best cities in the world to see the annular eclipse on December 26

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - annular eclipse of the sun, an important astronomical event awaited by the residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in general, and the population of Al- Ahsa city in particular, where this city is considered the best cities in the world to witness the annular eclipse of the sun on Thursday morning, December 26th.

When will the annular eclipse of the sun begin to sweep?

Astronomical calculations indicate that the sun of Al-Ahsa will shine on the morning of Thursday, December 26, and is in a state of partial eclipse , at exactly 6:24 am , and the sun will be seen as close to the shape of the crescent moon, given the passage of the greater part of the moon from the front of the sun disk, masking The bulk of it.

When will the height of the annular eclipse of the sun be in Al-Ahsa?

At 6:34, the annular eclipse phase begins , when the moon begins with the total transit phase in front of the sun, and because the moon is at its farthest point in its orbit from the Earth, it will be smaller than usual, so it blocks 97% of it and leaves the edges of the sun visible, This will cause us to see a ring of light surrounding the moon’s shadow, and the annular eclipse will last for about 3 minutes when the moon covers most of the sun’s disk.

At 6:37, the moon begins to move away from the sun, and the eclipse turns into a partial eclipse again, as the moon continues to move away from the sun until the moon's shadow is cleared from Earth after about 3 hours.

Tourist carnival to observe the annular eclipse of the sun

For its part, the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage in Al-Ahsa intends to launch a tourist carnival to monitor the historical annular eclipse of the sun at Jabal Al-Arba along the International Gulf Road in Al-Ahsa, Thursday 26 December 2019, as part of the celebrations of Al-Ahsa as the capital of Arab tourism 2019, in addition to launching an exhibition specialized in antiquities Astronomy at the headquarters of the National Museum in the city of Hofuf, with the aim of attracting tourists from all over the world.