Thursday, July 14, 2022
The Sun is perpendicular to the Holy Kaaba on 15th July 2022 at 12:27 PM Makkah time
The sky of Makkah to witness the Sun perpendicular to the holy Kaaba on Friday, 15th July 2022 at 12:27 PM (Makkah Time), and it will mark the second and final perpendicularity this year 2022. This means Sun will be directly above Holy Kaaba on the mentioned time. See Also : Shipping of Zamzam water packages allowed from Jeddah International Airport
According to the head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Eng. Majed Abu Zahra, the second perpendicularity occurs with the return of Sun apparently coming from the Tropic of Cancer heading south to the equator.
- When it will mediate the meridian wat an altitude of 90 degrees approximately, indicating that it will become one straight with the Holy Kaaba, and the Kaaba shadow will disappear at the time of noon call to prayer in the Grand Mosque of Makkah at 12:27 PM. Most Viewed : Robots distributing Holy Quran and books in Makkah's Grand Mosque
- Abu Zahra explained that the cause of the Sun's perpendicular phenomenon over the holy Kaaba is due to the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis at an angle of 23.5 degrees, which leads the Sun's movement apparently between the Tropic Cancer in the north and Capricorn in the south, passing through the equator while the Earth revolves around the Sun once every year.
- He highlighted that the regions located less than 23.5 degrees north to south all witness this event twice a year, but a different times depending on the latitude of the place, and it is characterized by places on the globe confined between the equator and Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
- The phenomenon of the Sun's perpendicularity is used to calculate the circumference of an Earth in a non-numerical way, using some simple methods of Geometry, it also indicates the sphericality of our planet. Recommend : Saudi King gifts 1 million copies of Holy Quran to pilgrims and workers of Hajj
- The Sun will return and perpendicular again with the Holy Kaaba during its apparent movement and its transition from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer in May 2023.
