After sunset, skywatchers in the Northern Borders Region saw the Moon close to Antares, the brightest star in Scorpius, low over the southwestern horizon.

Zahi Al-Khulaiwi, president of the Space and Astronomy Society, said Antares is a reddish-orange supergiant 550 light-years from Earth. Such conjunctions, he explained, are only apparent alignments seen from our viewpoint, produced by the regular motion of celestial bodies, rather than objects actually near each other.

Clear skies and low light pollution in the region's deserts gave amateur astronomers and photographers ideal conditions to record the event, helping spread interest in astronomy.