According to the astronomical calculations by Qatar Calendar House (QCH), many important astronomical events will be seen in August this year, like solar and lunar eclipses, and three planets of our solar system will come close to the Moon.
The beautiful planet with rings “Saturn” will come closer to moon two times during this month, today and on August 30. Qatar residents can see Saturn and Moon together by naked eye over southern horizon of Qatar sky after sunset until mid-night.
On August 19, the third brightest luminary “Venus” will come close to Moon; where it will be near to Moon by two degrees northern moon’s centre. Qatar residents can see Venus and Moon together over eastern horizon of Qatar dawn sky after time rise of Venus at 2:30am until sunrise time on this day. According to the information given by Dr Beshir Marzouk.
