Arab Weather - Followers and fans of astronomical events in the Arab world will be on a date with the hours before sunrise on Saturday August 15, 2020, with a new astronomical event, which is the occurrence of the crescent moon at the end of the month, ostensibly near Venus in the eastern horizon, in a phenomenon easily seen with the naked eye.
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The moon and Venus are in the second and third order of the brightest objects, respectively, after the sun in the dome of the sky, so they can be seen even after the sky becomes illuminated with the beginning of the morning light in a beautiful view.
The Astronomical Society in Jeddah stated in a statement, that when using the binoculars, it is possible to scan the arched line that separates the illuminated part from the dark part of the moon, as this line represents a three-dimensional view of the topography of the moon's surface.
When you observe Venus through a telescope (not a telescope), its disk is 50.1% illuminated by the light of the sun at the present time, but due to the movement of the planet in its smaller orbit around the sun, during the coming months and when you observe it through the telescope, the size of its apparent disk will be smaller due to its distance From Earth, this will be matched by a gradual increase in pinch lighting until it is in the full moon phase in preparation for the beginning of its return to the evening sky in late March 2021.
Venus is often known as the evening star when it is seen at the evening length, while it is known as the morning star in the morning amplitude. One body, and it is possible that Venus was the first planet known in this way due to its brightness and relatively rapid movement.
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