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Crescent Visibility Report for Thul Hijjah 1439 AH

Posted on August 12, 2018 | Leave a comment

In the Name of God, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

Crescent Visibility Report for Thul Hijjah 1439 AH (Saturday 11th & 12th August 2018) (28th & 29th of Dhu al-Qidah 1439) Based on settings*

11th August 2018

* Settings:-

The geocentric conjunction (Geocentric New Moon) (First light touch) will occur Inshalla on (Saturday 11th August 2018) at 14:06 UTC+4 or 10:06 UTC.

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0, Zone:4.00

Timing: (11th/08/2018) @18:00:00	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:40:25	05:21:30
Transit	12:11:41	12:08:50
Set	18:42:39	18:52:14
Azimuth (Degree)@17:00	283° 39.329′	283° 6.106′
Altitude (Degree)@17:00	6° 49.858′	8° 36.906′

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent (Hilal) at sunset : ~ 0.2 days old.

Set Time difference : ~10 minutes

Based on the Astronomical data report, the Sun sets at 6:42 Pm UTC+4 @ (283° 39.329′ W), and 6:52 pm @ (283° 6.106′ W) for the Moon which makes out only around 10 minuets before each set below the Horizon. It is therefore very difficult to sight the Crescent on this day not only in Oman but the whole middle east region.

Based on Saudi Arabia on 11th August 2018 – 29th Thul Qidah 1439, and as usual, someone claimed to witness the Crescent, despite its extreme difficulty. The Officially 1st Thul Hijjah is on 12 August. Therefore Arafah Day will be on Monday 20th of August and 1st Day of Eid will be on Tuesday 21st August 2018. For this, some countries had to follow the same to match the dates of the Arafah Day.

Crescent Visibility Report for Thul Hijjah 1439 AH (Sunday 12th August 2018) (29th of Dhu al-Qidah 1439) Based on settings*

12th August 2018

* Settings:-

The geocentric conjunction (Geocentric New Moon) (First light touch) will occur Inshalla on (Saturday 11th August 2018) at 14:06 UTC+4 or 10:06 UTC.

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0, Zone:4.00

Timing: (12th/08/2018) @18:00:00	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:40:50	05:28:24
Transit	12:11:32	13:07:32
Set	18:41:55	19:41:57
Azimuth (Degree)	273° 10.991′	262° 58.720′
Altitude (Degree)	32° 18.339′	44° 59.397′

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent (Hilal) at sunset : ~ 1.20 days old.

Set Time difference : ~60 minutes

Based on the Astronomical data report, the Sun sets at 6:41 Pm UTC+4 @ (273° 10.991‘ W), and 7:41 pm @ (262° 58.720′ W) for the Moon which makes out only around 60 minuets before each set below the Horizon. It is therefore possible to sight by naked eye and astronomical instruments yet bit challaging because the moon will be at around 15° in altitude after the Sunset. It all depends on the weather and sighting sight conditions.

Please note that this technical report is for sighting purpose only and does not involve in any officially declaration of the month, please follow the government announcement in your country.

Updates on the results:-

11th August 2018: Sighting technicaly was not possible.

12th August 2018: Sighting was not possible despite good chance to observe compared to yesterday. I have sighted from the city by naked eyes only. Perhaps in other location it would be possible.

Wherever you are, May Allah’s blessing light your way, strengthen, your faith and bring joy to your heart as you, praise and server today, tomorrow and always. Hajj & Eid Mubarak

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Crescent Visibility Combined Report for Ramadan & Shawwal 1439

Posted on April 20, 2018 | 1 comment

In the Name of God, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

Crescent Visibility Combined Report for Ramadan 1439 (Tuesday 15th May 2018) & Shawwal 1439 (Thursday, 14th June 2018)**, Based on settings*

Crescent Visibility Report for Ramadan 1439 (Tuesday 15th May 2018) (29th of Shaaban 1439)

Crescent Visibility on 15th May 2018

*Settings:-

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0 m, Zone:4.00

Timing: (15th/05/2018) @18:00:00UTC+4	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:23:47	05:22:11
Transit	12:01:57	11:58:48
Set	18:40:20	18:38:43
Azimuth (Degree) @18:00	~287° 22.529`	~282°31.503`
Altitude (Degree) @18:00	~7° 46.168`	~6° 58.868`

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent : ~ 0.09 days old.

Set Time difference : approx 2 minutes (Moon before the Sun)

Based on the Astronomical data report, the Sun sets at 6:40 Pm @ (289° WNW), and 6:38 pm @ (283° WNW) for the Moon which makes out around 2 minuets before each set below the Horizon.

From this report, We conclude that it will not be possible to sight the Crescent (Hilal) on this day for many factors. Therefore Shaaban will continue its 3o days InShaAllah (If God Wills) and Ramadan will start on 17th of May 2018. InShaAllah

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Crescent Visibility Report for Shawwal 1439 (Thursday, 14th June 2018) (29th Ramadan 1439)

Crescent Visibility on 14th June 2018

*Settings:-

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0 m, Zone:4.00

Timing: (14th/06/2018) @18:00:00UTC+4	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:18:27	05:45:31
Transit	12:05:49	12:38:45
Set	18:53:15	19:33:11
Azimuth (Degree) @18:00	~291° 2.682`	~282°40.215`
Altitude (Degree) @18:00	~10° 20.852`	~18° 28.725`

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent : ~ 0.79 days old.

Set Time difference : approx 40 minutes

Based on the Astronomical data report, the Sun sets at 6:53 Pm @ (294° WNW), and 7:33 pm @ (290° WNW) for the Moon which makes out around 40 minuets before each set below the Horizon.

The WNW Sky on 14June2018 at18

The Azimuth between the Moon and the Sun is nearly 9° and 8° for the Altitude, which makes the sighting bit challenging but possible.

The New Moon will be in conjunction with the Sun on June 13th @ 23:52UTC+4, and based on the astronomical calculations, the Crescent (Hilal) would be possible yet challenging to observe on this day.

Based on the astronomical calculations and past experience , the Crescent (Hilal) will be visible across the country on this day. Factors such as site location & Atmospheric conditions will determine the conclusion.

This is technical report only for sighting assistance, No final conclusion until the sighting has been taken place.

illustration image of Mundhir observing the skies

Ramadan Kareem and Eid Mubarak in advance to Everyone.

May Allah Accept our fasting, Prayers and good deeds. Ameen.

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2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012 | 2 comments

For the first time, AstrOceanOmy is sharing it’s site statistics annual report for the year 2012!

All thanks to the WordPress stats helper, which prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 14,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 3 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

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Hilal Sighting news for Dhu al-Hijah 1433H

Posted on October 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

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 Wednesday 17 October 2012 and in the Western Region will be on Tuesday 16 October 2012. Thus, the first day of Eid in the Eastern Region will be on Friday 26 October 2012 and in the Western Region will be on Thursday 25 October 2012.

Thul Hijjah Waxing (NEW) Crescent Observation Results for Oman today [16 October 2012] For other countries, please refer to ICOP website.

Seen: ICOP member Prof. Mohammed Al-Bussaidi from Al-Fulaij City in Muscat 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 seen by telescope, the crescent was seen by CCD Imaging
Prof. Mohammed Al-Bussaidi said: “The crescent moon was sighted an hour and ten minutes before sunset. The crescent was seen all the way until after sunset.”

Saudi Arabia: The Crescent was seen as well. Therefore Tomorrow 17th October 2012 will be the first day of Dhu al-Hijah.

Dhualhija 1433Hilal

Hajj and Eid Mubarak to All – May Allah Accept our ibadah (prayers) and forgive all of us..Ameen

Note: This is not a technical report. For any Crescent/sighting data, please contact me or comment on this post below. Clear Skies

Internet Princess

Posted on November 18, 2011 | 2 comments

Can you tell what’s wrong with the picture?

WebBrowsersPrincess

Hint: Just look at the icons that look familiar to you. lol 🙂

Also refer to my pervious post regarding Firefox

From left to right:

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Hello world!

Posted on January 5, 2011 | 4 comments

Welcome to AstrOceanOmy.com >>> Mundhir’s Blog of Astronomy & Universe

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Note from AstrOceanOmy

Posted on December 23, 2010 | 5 comments

Dear Everyone,

I would like to announce that Microsoft had decided
to shutdown the Spaces services few months back. In the process of that, this Space will remain
on the net upto March next year, or until I upgrad it to WordPress blogging service.

At the moment I’m having some
problems to backup my hard work on this Space, but soon once things solve out, I
will immediately shift to WordPress blogging service. Please follow up in my
profile or website for the new link in the next coming weeks…

Mary Christmas & Happy New Lunar & Solar Year in advance

Clear Skies,

Mundhir

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Crescent Visibility Report for Sha’ban 1431‏

Posted on July 12, 2010 | 5 comments

Crescent Visibility Report for Sha’ban 1431 (Monday 12^th July 2010) Based on settings*

(Sha’ban) is one of the Arabic months – See the Islamic Calendar

* Settings:-

– Moon Times from: 12/07/2010 CE To: 12/07/2010 CE

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0, Zone:4.00

– Refraction Settings: Temperature: 30 °C Pressure: 1011 mb

– Delta T: 65.2 Second(s)

Timing: (12th/07/2010) Sun Moon

Rise: 5:26 05:48

Transit: 12:11 12:41

Set: 18:55 19:29

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent : ~ 0.89 days old.

Set Time difference : 34 minutes

Based on the astronomical calculations, the Crescent (Hilal) will be visible across the country. In North of Oman and the Capital Muscat, the Hilal will only be visible thru optical aid such as Binoculars and Telescope. If we go towards South of Oman, the chances of visibility increases as it could be possible to sight Hilal by Naked eye. As shown in the graph photo above. (Graph produced by Accurate Times software)

However the chances for Crescent visibility either by using optical aid or naked eye depend on many other factors:-

The first factor which I have described above, in which astronomical calculations indicates the possibility to view Hilal in the sky.

The second factor is the age of the Hilal (Crescent waxing)

The Waxing Crescent here is 0.90 days old, which is still young.

The third factor is the sky conditions and location itself, which always plays a big role for the crescent visibility in the sky.

The fourth factor depends on the physical health and skills/talent of the person sight – Perfect vision and / or the conditions of the optical aid used, such as optical quality & performance.