The moon crosses over the Kaaba for the fourth time this year on Monday morning

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - is an important jaw event associated with Makkah, which is the moon’s passage over the Holy Earth for the fourth time this year on Monday morning, according to what was reported by the engineer Majid Abu Zahra, head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah.

Abu Zahra said that the sky of Makkah Al-Mukarramah will witness hours after sunrise on Monday the fourth perpendicular to the moon on the Holy Kaaba this year 2020, as its inclination will reach the width of Mecca and its average meridian (perpendicular) at 09:33:54 a.m. (06:33:54 a.m.) Greenwich Mean Time), and the moon will be at an altitude of 89.58.40 degrees, and its disk is illuminated by (13.7%) sunlight and the angle separating it from the sun is 43 degrees, and at a distance of 373.958 km.

On the benefits of the moon being perpendicular to the Kaaba , Abu Zawahra said that it can be used in determining the direction of the qiblah in a simple way, as the direction of the moon indicates for those living in places far from the Grand Mosque at the time of perpendicularity to the direction of Mecca, as the ancients did with an accuracy equal to the accuracy of smart phone applications.