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WhentoObserveRamadanWaxing(NEW)Crescent?
Thegeocentricconjunction(GeocentricNewMoon)willoccurInshallaon(Tuesday16June2015)at14:05UT.
Sightingthenewcrescenton(Tuesday16June2015)and(Wedensday17June2015)isshowninthebelowgraphsusingthe
programAccurateTimesbyMohammadOdehaccordingtoOdehcriterion.Where:

Itisimpossibletoseethecrescentfromtheareaslocatedundertheredcolor.BecauseeithertheMoononthisdaysetsbefo
theSunsetand/orthetopocentricconjunctionoccursaftertheSunset.
Thecrescentisexpectedtobeseenbyopticalaidonlyfromtheareaslocatedunderthebluecolor.

Thecrescentisexpectedtobeseenbyopticalaidfromtheareaslocatedunderthemagentacolor.Intheseareasthecresce
couldbeseenbynakedeyeiftheatmosphericconditionsaresuperbandtheobserverisexperienced.

NamesontheMoon

Thecrescentisexpectedtobeeasilyvisiblebynakedeyefromtheareaslocatedunderthegreencolor.

ArabicStarNames

Thecrescentcannotbeseenfromuncoloredareas,eventhoughtheMoonsetsintheselocationsaftertheSunsetandthe
topocentricconjunctionoccursbeforetheSunset,buttheMoonisnotsufficientlyilluminatedinordertobeseenascrescent
evenbyopticalaid.

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Kindlynoticethatthebelowgraphshowsthepossibilityofseeingthecrescentfromareasbetween60degreesnorthofEquat
downto60degreessouthofEquator.

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Wedensday17June2015

AccordingtotheUniversalHejricCalendar(UHC),whichisbasedonthecalculatedcrescentvisibility,thestartofthismonthinthe
EasternRegionwillbeonThursday18June2015andintheWesternRegionwillbeonThursday18June2015.Kindlynoticethat
theUHCisaprecalculatedcalendar,whichadoptsacertaincriteriontostartthenewHejricmonth.Yourcountry/organizationmi
adoptdifferentcriteriontostartthenewHejricmonth.SoitishighlyadvisedtoreadtheUHCwebsitebeforegivinganyjudgmen

Resultsofseeingthecrescent,andthefirstdayofthemonthindifferentcountrieswillbeaddedhereInshallaaswereceivethe
reportsfromICOP'smembers.IfyouwishtobeamemberinICOP,ortoknowmoreaboutit,kindlyclickhere.

RamadanWaxing(NEW)CrescentObservationResults

TheOFFICIALFirstDayinDifferentCountries
WhentoObserveSha'banWaning(OLD)Crescent?
Thegeocentricconjunction(GeocentricNewMoon)willoccurInshallaon(Tuesday16June2015)at14:05UT.

SightingtheOLDcrescenton(Tuesday16June2015)and(Monday15June2015)isshowninthebelowgraphsusingtheprogra
AccurateTimesbyMohammadOdehaccordingtoOdehcriterion.Where:

ItisimpossibletoseetheOLDcrescentfromtheareaslocatedundertheredcolor.BecauseeithertheMoononthisdayrises
aftertheSunriseand/orthetopocentricconjunctionoccursbeforetheSunrise.
Thecrescentisexpectedtobeseenbyopticalaidonlyfromtheareaslocatedunderthebluecolor.

Thecrescentisexpectedtobeseenbyopticalaidfromtheareaslocatedunderthemagentacolor.Intheseareasthecresce
couldbeseenbynakedeyeiftheatmosphericconditionsaresuperbandtheobserverisexperienced.
Thecrescentisexpectedtobeeasilyvisiblebynakedeyefromtheareaslocatedunderthegreencolor.

Thecrescentcannotbeseenfromuncoloredareas,eventhoughtheMoonrisesintheselocationsbeforetheSunriseandthe
topocentricconjunctionoccursaftertheSunrise,buttheMoonisnotsufficientlyilluminatedinordertobeseenascrescentev
byopticalaid.

Kindlynoticethatthebelowgraphshowsthepossibilityofseeingthecrescentfromareasbetween60degreesnorthofEquat
downto60degreessouthofEquator.

Tuesday16June2015

http://www.icoproject.org/icop/ram36.html?&l=en

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Monday15June2015

Sha'banWaning(OLD)CrescentObservationResults
15June2015
Algeria

1.Timeofobservation:Beforesunrise.Seen:ICOPmemberDr.AbdallahOuraghfromCityinStatementionedt
theskywasclear,theatmosphericconditionwassuperb,thecrescentwasseenbynakedeye,thecrescentwasnotsoughtby
binocular,thecrescentwasnotsoughtbytelescope,thecrescentwasnotsoughtbyCCDImaging

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