Some of the benefits of Ramadan is that we stay up late, either we like it or we dont. So if you stay up till 3am you can see a shiny star really bright above the horizon, thats the planet Venus. Its really spectacular because how strong it shines compared to other starts stars in the night sky and offcourse if you really would like to enjoy it, buy a telescope or a simple binoculars that may help to see its shape. By a telescope you can see that its not a full circle but more like a crescent. Due to its position relative to us (earth) we see a crescent of Venus not the whole planet. But with the naked eye you only see a bright star, and its also a nice time to see the moon too because it just passed the full moon phase. Yah and to locate it easier just face east and Venus pops out at 3am Kuwait local time.

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