A special astronomical event coinciding with the day of Arafah.. 99% of the world's population will see the light of the end at the same time

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/07/08

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - Today's pilgrims gather in one place to witness the Day of Arafa, where their hearts unite and they who came from all over the world, and in conjunction with this great scene, we are witnessing today a distinct astronomical phenomenon that brings together most of the world's population under the light of day at the same time.

 

What actually happens is that one side of the earth faces the sun, so it is daytime for the inhabitants of those regions, while the sun sets for the inhabitants of the other side of the earth, and it gets dark for them. July 8), and at the same time, from direct (or indirect) sunlight visibility.

 

That is, 99% of the Earth's population will witness daylight today at the same time, specifically at 2:15 pm Mecca time, and we will show this on the map (below), according to Timeanddate.com.

 

 

We see daylight when the sun is above the horizon (they are the white areas on the map), and there is also twilight when the sun is low on the horizon and doesn't shine directly on the ground but we can see its light through the atmosphere (the light gray areas on the map), The twilight is in three phases: civil twilight, nautical, and astronomical, which is the phase of faint twilight, when the sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon (more than 18 degrees is considered night).

 

So at 2:15 PM ET on Friday (July 8), almost all inhabited land masses will be under some form of daylight or twilight, except for the Pacific Islands and the Australia/Oceania region.

 

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Approximately 3% of the world's population will be under astronomical twilights, so named because sunlight is so dim that only astronomers are likely to notice it. Moreover, many people in the slightly brighter sea twilight area may not be able to notice dim daylight, especially in urban areas.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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