A special night in Saudi Arabia.. the night is the longest in the whole year

2021-12-21 2021-12-21T17:09:08Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
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Arab weather - 24 hours a day divided between day and night, and the night is different from the nights of the year in Jordan, where all countries in the northern hemisphere (including Saudi Arabia) witness the longest night of the year, and therefore the day of the day was shorter A day in the year, the day on which winter begins, astronomically and officially.

 

This happens on the day of the winter solstice , which falls today (December 21) in the northern hemisphere, and the regions in the northern hemisphere experience the shortest day on that day because the sun travels in its shortest daily path in the sky of the earth, so it is It shines for the least number of hours on the day of the winter solstice, so these areas witness the shortest day and the longest night, as the sun rises tomorrow in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, at about 6:34 am, and thus the duration of the night is about 13 hours and 50 minutes.

 

Wishing you a good night

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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