Saturday, May 28, 2022
The Sun will be directly above the holy Kaaba at 12:18 PM on 28th May 2022
Today, On Saturday, the Sky of Makkah Al-Mukarramah will witness the Sun's perpendicular to the holy Kaaba at noon in the Grand Mosque at 12:18 PM, which is the first perpendicular to the sun for this year. Join Saudi Expatriates on Telegram channel
This means, the Sun will be directly above the holy Kaaba at 12:18 PM (Makkah time) on 28th May. During the minute anyone who sees in the direction of the Sun will be perfectly aligned with the Qibla.
- The head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Eng. Majed Abu Zahra said that the moment of the perpendicularity, the sun will be at its maximum height of about 90 degrees. Similar : The Sky of Makkah witnessed the Moon set directly above the Holy Kaaba
- He continued stating that, the shadow of the Kaaba will completely disappear and the shadows of all bodies in Makkah, and the shadow of the meridian will become Zero, indicating that the Sun will be titled in the sky of distant regions at this time.
- He further clarified that the phenomenon of the Sun's perpendicularity occurs as a result of the location of the holy Kaaba between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer.
- He said that during the apparent movement of the Sun across the Sky, it becomes straight with the Kaaba as it moves from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer during the month of May, and when the Sun returns south of the equator coming from Tropic of Cancer in July. See Also : History of Silver, Gold doors of Holy Kaaba over 5000 years
- Eng. Abu Zahra considered this phenomenon of orthogonality as one of the methods used by the ancient to determine the direction of the Qiblah in a very precise way, using a piece of wood erected perpendicular to the surface of the Earth, pointing out that at the time of perpendicularity, the opposite direction of the shadow points towards the Kaaba completely for all those living in remote areas about Makkah in the Arab countries and regions bordering the North pole, Africa, Europe, China, Russia and East Asia.
- The phenomenon of the Sun's perpendicularity is also used to calculate the circumference of the Earth without the need for modern techniques, using some simple rules of Geometry, an ancient method dating back more than 2000 years, and it also indicate the spherically of the Earth. See Also : Know some interesting facts of Hajj and Makkah
