MOON FORECAST - ZILHAJJ 1423 A.H.

The forecast for the Crescent of 1^st Zilhajj 1423 A.H. is as follows: - (Please note that the forecast is based for Dar-es-Salaam and all timings are Dar-es-Salaam local time, other towns in the West should make necessary adjustments depending upon the time of sunset). 

The birth of Astronomical New Moon is at 1.50 p.m. on Saturday 1^st February i.e. 28^th  Zilkaad 1423. 

On Sunday 29^th  Zilkaad i.e. 2^nd February the age of the New Moon after the Sun has set is:

Sunset ............................................   6.48 p.m.
Crescent age at Sunset……………..  29 hours 00 minutes
Moonset .........................................   7.50 p.m.
Time Duration ................................    1 hour 02 minutes
Crescent Elongation at Sunset……..    14.3 degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset ……..........   13.5.degrees

SIGHTING IS POSSIBLE

Best time for sighting is after the Sun is 5 degrees below the horizon, which will occur at 7.06 p.m.  The Crescent will then be just 9.5 degrees above the horizon, 26 degrees South of West, 2 degrees South of where the sun had set.

EXPECT 1^st ZILHAJJ 1423 A.H. ON MONDAY 3^rd FEBRUARY 2003

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