Moon Forecast – Rajab 1443 AH

CIRCULAR NO: JMT/160/22                                         January             18, 2022
                                                                                 Jamadi ul Aakhar 15, 1443

The forecast for the Crescent of 1^st Rajab 1443 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 should make necessary adjustments depending upon the time of sunset).
 
The birth of the Astronomical New Moon is at 08.47 a.m. on Tuesday 1^st February 2022, 29^th Jamadi ul Aakhar 1443 A.H.
 
On Tuesday 1^st February 2022, the age of the New Moon after the Sun has set is: 

Sunset	6.48 p.m.
Crescent age at Sunset	10 hours 02 minutes
Moonset	7.16 p.m.
Time Duration	28 minutes
Crescent Elongation at Sunset	06.59 degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset	05.50 degrees
Professor Yallop q parameter	-0.355 (Zone F)

SIGHTING IS NOT POSSIBLE
 
On Wednesday 2^nd February 2022, the age of the New Moon after the Sun has set is: 

Sunset	6.48 p.m.
Crescent age at Sunset	34 hours 02 minutes
Moonset	8.08 p.m.
Time Duration	1 hour 19 minutes
Crescent Elongation at Sunset	18.78 degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset	17.72 degrees
Professor Yallop q parameter	+1.318 (Zone A)

SIGHTING ISPOSSIBLE

The best time to observe the crescent is when the sun is 5 degrees below the horizon at 7.06 p.m., when the crescent will Insha’Allah be 14 degrees South of West, 4 degrees North of where the sun had set.

EXPECT 1^ST DAY OF RAJAB 1443 AH ON THURSDAY 3^RD FEBRUARY 2022.


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