Offering a spectacle to sky gazers in the country, the Moon will come close to three planets this month. Tomorrow, the biggest planet Jupiter will be at two degrees from the full Moon's centre at 12:20am.
People in Qatar and the region will be able to see and observe Jupiter and Moon till Sun rise over Doha sky at 5:16am.
On April 16, the beautiful planet with rings, Saturn, will be nearest to Moon at 10:00 pm, when people here can see the two heavenly bodies. Finally, the third brightest luminary, Venus, will be coming closer to Moon on April 23. People in the region can see them over sky from 9pm until sunrise time the next day at 5:05am.
"These astronomical phenomena offer good chances to observe the planets with the Moon together in same time. The events help validate various astronomical calculations and can help amateur astronomers to know map of sky during all month,” said a statement issued yesterday by Dr Mohammed Al Ansari and Dr Beshir Marzouk of the Qatar Calendar House.
