Astronomical researcher Mohamed Reda Al Asfour emphasized that the current atmosphere in the Kingdom of Bahrain, despite the rise in temperatures that reach the mid -forties, especially during the afternoon, is still within the range of spring from the astronomical point
Al -Asfour explained that the summer is astronomically, God willing, on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 5:42 am local time in an astronomical phenomenon known as the “summer coup”, which represents the beginning of the longest seasons of the year in the northern half of the globe, where it lasts for 93 days, 15 hours and 37 minutes.
Al -Asfour indicated that the day of the summer coup is the peak of the summer astronomical, and it is characterized by the longest day and the shortest night in the year, where the sun rises in the Kingdom of Bahrain at 4:45 am in the far north, and it is set at 6:32 pm at the far northwest, while the middle of the day is at 11:39 am, registered the longest day period during the year by 13 hours and 47 minutes, noting that this Today, in return, the peak of the winter is an astronomer in the southern half of the globe, and witnesses the shortest day and the longest night during the year.
Al Asfour pointed out that the sun will be at the highest point in the sky at noon, which makes the shade on this shorter day during the year, where its rays are perpendicular to the areas located throughout the cancer while the sun’s rays are inclined to the areas located throughout the Capricorn, due to the tendency of the Earth’s axis at an angle of 23.5 degrees.
