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Sun to align over Kaaba on Sunday

  • The celestial phenomenon, called “zero shadow,” occurs twice every year at the Grand Mosque
  • Countries that fall in latitudes below 23.5 degrees north or south experience this phenomenon twice a year
By Arab News ·

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