CAIRO, June 19 (MEN – Ashraf Tadros, a Professor of Astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, said Saturday will witness the full moon of “Badr Dhu al-Hijjah” at 3:09 am local time in Cairo marking the beginning of the new Hijri year 1446 on Sunday, July 7, astronomically.
Tadros said – in statements to MENA Wednesday – that the moon’s brightness on that day is to be 100% and the moon will rise on that day immediately after sunset and remain in the sky through the night until it sets with sunrise the next morning