Changing Seasons: President of Jeddah Astronomical Society Explains Autumn’s Arrival
On September 22 or 23, according to the Jeddah Astronomical Society, the autumn season will start in the northern hemisphere and spring will start in the southern hemisphere. The society’s president, Eng. Majed Abu Zahra, predicted that on that day, there will be roughly equal levels of day and nighttime light in the northern and southern hemispheres.
He said that during the month of September, the northern hemisphere’s summer comes to an end and darkness falls early, especially later in the month when Jupiter and Saturn are back in the evening sky. For individuals who reside in the southern hemisphere at this time, the nights will be shorter and the ground will warm up as the winter draws to a close.
According to Abu Zahra, from September 22 through December 21, the arc of the sun’s apparent daily route across the sky in the northern hemisphere would gradually shorten. The sun will also go higher and higher across the sky in the southern hemisphere as the number of daylight hours increases.Because it happens within ten days of the fall equinox, he predicted that the moon will become a full moon on September 29 and that it will be known as the harvest moon
