Jupiter aligns above Holy Kaaba May 25

An X post circulating on May 24 said Jupiter would align directly above the Holy Kaaba in Mecca at 6:09 a.m. local time on May 25, and that the planet could be seen with the naked eye. The post included a simple sky graphic and told viewers to look from Mecca under clear conditions. Versions of the same claim appeared earlier this year in reposted videos and articles that cited “Jeddah Astronomy,” but I could not verify a fresh May 24 or May 25 notice from an official Saudi astronomy body. ### What exactly is being claimed here? The claim is not that Jupiter is physically close to the Kaaba, but that from Mecca it would appear almost directly above the Kaaba in the sky at a specific moment. That is an apparent line-of-sight alignment, the kind of event astronomers describe using position in the local sky rather than distance. A December 2025 report from Saudi Arabia News said Jupiter would align with the Kaaba when the planet’s declination matched Mecca’s latitude and it crossed the local meridian, placing it at its highest point in the sky for that location. That report described the event as useful for sighting and orientation, though it was for an earlier date and time, not May 25, 2026. (news50.sa) ### Is there any basis for the 6:09 a.m. time? The 6:09 a.m. figure appears repeatedly in online posts and videos that surfaced around late February 2026, all using nearly identical wording and all attributing the prediction to “Jeddah Astronomy.” Those reposts say Jupiter would be directly above the Holy Kaaba at 6:09 a.m. on a Friday and visible to the naked eye. (news50.sa) What I could not confirm is whether that same 6:09 a.m. claim applies to Monday, May 25, 2026. The web results available now point mostly to recycled posts from earlier in 2026 or to a separate December 2025 Jupiter-over-Kaaba event at 3:09 a.m. local time. ### Has this kind of Kaaba alignment happened before? (youtube.com) Saudi astronomy coverage shows that sky objects are regularly reported as passing above the Kaaba from Mecca’s point of view. A Saudi Press Agency item in September 2025 said the waning gibbous moon would align directly over the Holy Kaaba at dawn and quoted Jeddah Astronomy Society head Majed Abu Zahira on its use for checking celestial calculations and determining direction. (news50.sa) A separate official Saudi Press Agency report from August 2024 quoted the Jeddah Astronomy Society on a rare Jupiter-Mars alignment before dawn, showing that the society does issue public notices on visible planetary events. ### Can people really see Jupiter with the naked eye? Jupiter is often visible without a telescope when it is bright and placed well enough in the sky. (spa.gov.sa) The December 2025 Saudi report said it would appear as a bright white point above the Grand Mosque during that earlier Kaaba alignment. (spa.gov.sa) Visibility on May 25 would still depend on local sky brightness, horizon conditions and weather in Mecca. The social post’s advice about clear skies is consistent with basic observing practice, but I did not find an official forecast tied specifically to this claim. ### So how solid is this May 25 post? (news50.sa) The strongest verified part is that the claim is circulating publicly on May 24 and uses a precise viewing time in Mecca. The weaker part is attribution: I found repeated references to “Jeddah Astronomy,” but not a current official bulletin for May 25 from the Jeddah Astronomy Society or another Saudi government source. (tiktok.com) May 25 is the next concrete checkpoint. Observers in Mecca can test the claim at 6:09 a.m. Arabia Standard Time, and any confirmation would most likely come from local astronomy groups, Saudi media, or live views from the Grand Mosque area. (spa.gov.sa) (youtube.com)