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The forecast for the
Crescent of 1st
Mahe Ramadhan 1429 A.H.
is as follows: - (Please
note that the forecast
is based for
Dar-es-Salaam and all
timings are D’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 8.59 p.m. on Saturday
30th August
i.e. 28th
Shabaan.
On Sunday 29th
Shabaan.i.e.31st
August, the age of the
New Moon after the Sun
has set is:
Sunset
............................................
6.22 p.m.
Crescent age at
Sunset……………. 19
hours 24 minutes
Moonset
.........................................
6.56 p.m.
Time Duration
...............................
34 minutes
Crescent Elongation at
Sunset……. 09.07
degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset
……......... 07.22
degrees
SIGHTING IS NOT POSSIBLE
On Monday 30th
Shabaan.i.e.1st
September, the age of
the New Moon after the
Sun has set is:
Sunset
............................................
6.22 p.m.
Crescent age at
Sunset……………. 43
hours 24 minutes
Moonset
.........................................
7.44 p.m.
Time Duration
...............................
1 hour 22 minutes
Crescent Elongation at
Sunset……. 21.54
degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset
……......... 18.51
degrees
SIGHTING IS POSSIBLE
The best time to observe
the crescent is when the
sun is 5 degrees below
the horizon at 6.39 p.m.
when the crescent will
inshallah be 3 degrees
South of West, 10
degrees South of where
the sun had set.
EXPECT 1st
MAHE RAMADHAN 1429 A.H.
ON TUESDAY 2ND
SEPTEMBER 2008
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