“The conjunction of the moon with Jupiter,” is an astronomical phenomenon that Egypt witnessed yesterday, and the difference was that it was seen with the naked eye, so anyone might see it in the sky.
Jupiter is one of the brightest bodies in the sky, and it is called the protector of the solar system, due to its large size. Moon conjunction at Jupiter at approximately seven o’clock in the evening, and it continued until the morning twilight of Monday.
Details of the phenomenon of the conjunction of the moon with Jupiter
The National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research had announced yesterday in an official statement that this phenomenon will witness the crystallization of Jupiter soon over the moon, and that the pairing will be apparent and anyone can see the two bodies close to each other in the sky.
The National Institute also indicated that there is a possibility to see four moons of Jupiter clearly using a telescope or binoculars. They fall under the name of the Galilean satellites: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Egypt witnessed the occurrence of a similar phenomenon on July 19.
The Jeddah Astronomical Society stated, on its Facebook page, that this conjunction occurred one day following the full moon, as Jupiter’s disk was lit by 96%, making it one of the most luminous parts of the night sky.
The association also clarified a lot of information astrological Important, such as that the moon is only 377,000 kilometers from the Earth, while Jupiter is 596,895,504 kilometers away.
The conjunction of the moon and Jupiter is a harmless phenomenon
For his part, Ashraf Tadros, professor of astronomy at the former National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, said in an interview with “Al-Watan” that the phenomenon of the moon’s conjunction with Jupiter, does not have any specific astronomical reasons, it is just a convergence between the orbits of the celestial bodies by pure chance, which led to their presence near From some of them, and for humans to see this phenomenon in the sky: “This phenomenon does not have any consequences or harms that affect citizens, such as the phenomena of eclipses and eclipses.”
