Kuwait To Witness Two Astronomical Phenomena This Friday

Al-Ojairi Scientific Center has announced that the country will witness two astronomical phenomena on Friday: the second spring moon and the conjunction of Mercury with the star Pollux, reports Al-Qabas daily. In a press statement, the center revealed: “The moon will rise on Friday in the second quarter phase, in conjunction with the planet Saturn (the pearl of the solar system) – after midnight. The illuminated half of the moon’s disk will be facing toward the Sun in the East, then the moon will move in the sky toward the West until the scene disappears in the intense light of the morning twilight as the Sun rises.”

It added that Mercury (the smallest planet in the solar system) will appear on the same day in conjunction with the star Pollux, which is the brightest star in the sign of Gemini. They will be seen with the healthy naked eye side by side on the sky towards the West immediately after sunset until 9:00 pm. The center explained that Pollux is a giant orange star, about three times larger than the Sun and about 34 light-years away from Earth.

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