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When to Observe Jumadal Al-Aula Waxing (NEW) Crescent ?


The geocentric conjunction (Geocentric New Moon) will occur Inshalla on (Wednesday 14 April 2010) at 12:29 UT.

Sighting the new crescent on (Wednesday 14 April 2010) and (Thursday 15 April 2010) is shown in the below graphs using the program Accurate Times by Mohammad Odeh according to Odeh criterion. Where:-

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Thursday 15 April 2010

According to the Universal Hejric Calendar (UHC), which is based on the calculated crescent visibility, the start of this month in the Eastern Region will be on Friday 16 April 2010 and in the Western Region will be on Thursday 15 April 2010. Kindly notice that the UHC is a pre-calculated calendar, which adopts a certain criterion to start the new Hejric month. Your country/organization might adopt different criterion to start the new Hejric month. So it is highly advised to read the UHC website before giving any judgment.

- Results of seeing the crescent, and the first day of the month in different countries will be added here Inshalla as we receive the reports from ICOP's members. If you wish to be a member in ICOP, or to know more about it, kindly click here.





Jumadal Al-Aula Waxing (NEW) Crescent Observation Results




Wed 14 April 2010



Algeria


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Hocine Chikh Aissa from Ghardaia City in Ghardaia State mentioned that the sky was clear, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Hocine Chikh Aissa said: "(5) persons tried to observe the new crescent. It was not seen by naked eyes , member of the club CHIKH AMMI SAID AMATEUR OF ASTRONOMIE. Jupiter and Meurcury were seen by naked eyes. 
"



Nigeria


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Usman Dukku from Bauchi City in Bauchi State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not sought by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Usman Dukku said: "It was cloudy this evening in Bauchi, Nigeria, therefore we did not organise any sighting trip."



United States


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Dr. Javad Torabinejad from Blacksburg City in Virginia State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was very hazy, the crescent was not sought by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "Using binoculars, we tried sighting the crescent with no success.  The sky was very hazy and partly cloudy and soon after we arrived at the sighting location (before sunset), more clouds rolled in and made it impossible to do any sighting.  Weather permitting, tomorrow we will try again."



2 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Jim Stamm from Tucson City in AZ State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was clear, the crescent was not sought by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was not seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Jim Stamm said: "Location (WGS 84)     = Tucson, Arizona (USA),  Longitude = 110.9651 W, Latitude  =  32.4206 N, Elevation = 842 meters, Time Zone = -7.0 hours.

Surface conditions at location: Temperature =  22 °C,  Humidity    =  20 %, Pressure    =  29.82 in.

Banded clouds on the western horizon.

 Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”: Sunset (at sea level)   =  18:58, Moonset (at sea level)  =  19:32, Time from new moon at   19:13   =  14 hr. 39 min.  Moon lag time                   =         34 min.  Relative Altitude               =    6.7  degrees, Elongation from sun             =    7.4  degrees,   Crescent width                  =      8  arc seconds, Illumination                    =    0.4  percent. 

I was NOT able to see the crescent, even through a telescope.

The openings between the cloud bands may have been actually just lighter clouds.  Everything was set perfectly.

Observer:          Jim Stamm, E-mail Address:    StammJim@gmail.com"



Thu 15 April 2010



Germany


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Eng. Gerhard Ahmad Kaufmann from Moerlenbach City in Hessen State mentioned that the sky was totally cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not sought by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging



2 . Time of observation: After sunset. Seen: ICOP member Eng. Martin Elsaesser from Munich City in Bavaria State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was seen by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "Despite clouds and haze the 30h old crescent could be seen with the naked eye. The crescent formed a nice, wide group with the planets venus and merkury, though merkury was only seen with binoculars, due to the haze. The next days might bring a spectacular view of the crescent in colorful evening twilight with the dust from the recent volcano eruption on island."



Nigeria


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Qamarudeen Muhammad from Oshodi City in Lagos State mentioned that the sky was totally cloudy, the atmospheric condition was very hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Qamarudeen Muhammad said: "We attempted to sight the new Hilal of Jumadal Awwal on the  Thursday 15 2010 evening but it was not visible here in Lagos. In a phone chat with Amirul Lajinatul Hilal of Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria, it was confirmed that they were unable to sight New Hilal. Also in phone chat with Brother Simwal Jubril, he was not able to sight the new Hilal as result of overcast."



Pakistan


1 . Time of observation: After sunset.Seen by others: ICOP member Mr. Alam Sultan from Karachi City in Sindh State mentioned that the sky was clear, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Alam Sultan said: "Not seen by us / easily seen by others. On my request, Today i.e. on Thursday 15 April 2010 (29 Rabee-uth-Thani 1431 in Pakistan) nearly two hundred persons (members of the moon sighting committees of our institute “Jamia-tur-Rasheed” + my friends + their companions) tried to sight the moon at nearly 25 places all over Pakistan and resultantly, Alhamdolillah, moon was seen at 3 places of Balochistan (Solo-Bulaidah, Pishokan & Jiwani) by 35 persons. 
 As it was nearly 8 to 9 degrees hazy in Karachi and many other cities were cloudy or very hazy hence moon was not sighted in those places. Weather was clear at some places but moon was not sighted there also. 
Note 1: Chairman of central official moon-sighting committee of Pakistan "Mufti Munee-bur-Rahman" told me on my mobile phone that as he also received the positive naked eye sighting from the official meteorological centers of Jiwani and Quetta hence he officially announced that Friday 16 April 2010 is the 1st Jumadal-oola 1431.
Note 2: After some days, inshaallah, a detailed report of this observation in Urdu will be available at www.esnips.com/web/moonnewsofjamiaturrasheed
"



Saudi Arabia


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Seen: ICOP member Mr. Saleh Al-Saab from Halat Ammar City in Tabouk State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was seen by naked eye, the crescent was seen by binocular, the crescent was seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging



2 . Time of observation: After sunset. Seen: ICOP member Mr. Saleh Al-Saab from Halat Ammar City in Tabouk State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was seen by naked eye, the crescent was seen by binocular, the crescent was seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Saleh Al-Saab said: "The crescent is NOT seen on the previous day (14th)"



Senegal


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Ibrahima Lo from Dakar City in Senegal State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Ibrahima Lo said: "For the national committee of Hilal Sighting, Saturday 17 april will be 1 Jumadal awwal 1431."



South Africa


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Dr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim from Cape Town City in Western Province State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was not seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Dr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim said: "We have now experienced 5 consecutive lunar months of 30 days each"



Tanzania


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Not Seen: ICOP member Mr. Zaffar Sheriff from Daressalaam City in Tanzania State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was very hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Zaffar Sheriff said: "Thick clouds sat on the horizon, which did not allow us to see the sun set into the horizon. Heavy haze, and scattered clouds over the western horizon prevented the 26hr plus crescent to be observed. Elongation at 13.4 and altitude 7.8 with duration of 37minutes."



United Kingdom


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Seen: ICOP member Eng. Qamar Uddin from York City in North Yorkshire State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was clear, the crescent was seen by naked eye, the crescent was seen by binocular, the crescent was seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Thursday 15 April 2010 (29 Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the youngest crescent moon (Hilal) of Jumada Al-Awwal after sunset. Most places were overcast, but a few places were able to sight the 31 hours old Hilal between patchy clouds, starting from York Gliding Centre (Rufforth) at 21:00 hrs BST by naked eye and binoculars. The Hilal was also live webcasted from York to the Internet.

Therefore, the Ulama have decided that the month of Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH will have 29 days and the month of Jumada Al-Awwal (or Jumada Al-Ula) 1431 AH will start from Friday 16 April 2010, Insha-Allah. May Allah rewards all those who have tried to revive the Sunnah of moon sighting, this month.

The York (North Yorkshire) group of 15 observers comprised of the following people. From Batley: Maulana Hasib Mayet, Maulana Imran Lunat, Ismail Bhai Lunat and Vashiullah Ibn Bodiyat. From York: Moin Uddin and Qamar Uddin (also Shaykh Zubair Ahamad and Kurshid Anwar from Mosque). Members of York Astronomical Society included: Martin Whipp, Martin Dawson, Philip Holmes, Glen Berry, Martin Hall, Phil Holmes, John Rowlands and Andrew Lawson. From High Wycombe: Maulana Amir Aziz plus 7 others. From South London: Ayyub Kara. From Bangor (North Wales): Dr Ayad A. Mawla.


Note: We were not expecting to sight the Hilal in York due to the weather forecast being cloudy and the Icelandic volcanic dust on the UK horizon, hence our webcast was not publicised (or well prepared either!)."



United States


1 . Time of observation: After sunset. Seen: ICOP member Dr. Javad Torabinejad from Blacksburg City in Virginia State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was seen by naked eye, the crescent was seen by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "This evening, we sighted the crescent moon of Jumada-1 in Blacksburg, VA, first by using binoculars (7X50 and 10X50) and then by naked eye.  I arrived at the sighting location before sunset and left before moonset (moonset: 9:32 pm EDT).  The first binocular sighting was at 7:54 pm followed by the naked eye sighting at 7:58 pm.  The horns were at 4:30 and 7:00 O'clock (4:30;6:00;7:00).  At 8:00 pm, the temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and pressure were 69.8 F, 44.6 F, 40%, and 30.28 in, respectively.  The sky was hazy with a few lower clouds close to the western horizon."




The OFFICIAL First Day in Different Countries



Thu 15 April 2010


1 . Indonesia
2 . Nigeria
3 . Saudi Arabia


Fri 16 April 2010


1 . Pakistan
2 . United Kingdom
3 . United States


Sat 17 April 2010


1 . Senegal
2 . South Africa


When to Observe Rabee' Al-Aakher Waning (OLD) Crescent ?


The geocentric conjunction (Geocentric New Moon) will occur Inshalla on (Wednesday 14 April 2010) at 12:29 UT.

Sighting the OLD crescent on (Wednesday 14 April 2010) and on (Tuesday 13 April 2010) is shown in the below graphs using the program Accurate Times by Mohammad Odeh according to Odeh criterion. Where:-

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Tuesday 13 April 2010




Rabee' Al-Aakher Waning (OLD) Crescent Observation Results




Tue 13 April 2010



United States


1 . Time of observation: Before sunrise. Seen: ICOP member Mr. Jim Stamm from Tucson City in AZ State mentioned that the sky was clear, the atmospheric condition was clear, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not seen by binocular, the crescent was seen by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Mr. Jim Stamm said: "Observed:   Tuesday; April 13, 2010  -  05:56 (Local)

Location (WGS 84)     = Tucson, Arizona (USA)
  Longitude = 110.9651 W
  Latitude  =  32.4206 N
  Elevation = 842 meters
  Time Zone = -7.0 hours

Surface conditions at location:
  Temperature =   9 °C
  Humidity    =  66 %
  Pressure    =  29.80 in.

  Only slight haze kept the sky from being very clear.

  Magnitude limit at 8.5 degrees altitude with 120 power
  in C-8 telescope, before onset of twilight   =  11.3

Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”:
  Moonrise (at sea level)  =  05:04
  Sunrise (at sea level)   =  05:52
  Time from new moon at   05:56   =  22 hr. 38 min.
  Moon lag time                   =         48 min.
  Relative Altitude               =    9.7  degrees
  Elongation from sun             =   11.7  degrees
  Crescent width                  =     19  arc seconds
  Illumination                    =    1.0  percent

Crescent first observed through 8” SC telescope:
  Time   =   05:56
  Moon Altitude  =   08.5 degrees

Final observation with telescope:
  Time   =   06:06
  Moon Altitude  =   10.8 degrees

What a surprise!  I was expecting to maybe see the crescent by naked eye, certainly through the finder, but neither.  I barely saw it through the 8 inch.  I had to tap the scope to confirm that I had the crescent. I watched it on and off for 10 minutes, tapping to enhance the image.  I finally lost it while playing with the focus.


Observer:         Jim Stamm
E-mail Address:   StammJim@gmail.com"



Wed 14 April 2010



United Kingdom


1 . Time of observation: Before sunrise. Not Seen: ICOP member Eng. Qamar Uddin from York City in North Yorkshire State mentioned that the sky was partly cloudy, the atmospheric condition was hazy, the crescent was not seen by naked eye, the crescent was not sought by binocular, the crescent was not sought by telescope, the crescent was not sought by CCD Imaging
Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "The eastern horizon before sunrise was cloudy today and yesterday. The waning crescent of Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH was not seen from York (UK)."



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