Tuesday 16 June 2015

2015 Ramadan: Moon and lunation or crescent sighting


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The following diagrams show the visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. The unshaded areas indicate regions from which the Moon cannot be seen. The Moon becomes more easily visible from the regions of increasing colour intensity i.e. the Moon will be seen easily from the regions shown in red. The near vertical blue lines show the age of the Moon at the so-called "best time" of observation.

The following diagram shows the visibility of the new crescent Moon on 2015 June 16.
Global lunar visibility map for 2015 June 16
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The second diagram is for 2015 June 17 and exhibits more shaded regions than those found in the map for 2015 June 16. Consequently, a larger fraction of the surface of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease.
Global lunar visibility map for 2015 June 17
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The third diagram is for 2015 June 18 and is almost totally shaded in red. The majority of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease.
Global lunar visibility map for 2015 June 18

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