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2020 Sep 18 Safar New Moon Crescent

webmaster — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:00:13 +0000

Alhamdulillah, the Hilal of Safar 1442H has been sighted at Maghrib today, Friday, 18 September 2020 from Brunei Darussalam.

23-hour old Moon Crescent at 18:35 on September 18, 2020 (Photo by Hazarry Hj Ali Ahmad of PABD)

Members of Brunei Darussalam Astronomical Society (PABD) held observation in Tutong District, and the crescent was firstly be seen at 6.31 pm via telescope. The crescent age of over 23 hours was also visible with binocular and naked eyes.

The western horizon was partly cloudy and Jupiter was visible at sunset, the Sun was used for telescope alignment reference point.

19-Hour Old New Moon Crescent of Rabiulakhir 1441H Sighted

webmaster — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000

Bandar Seri Begawan – The new 19-hour old crescent moon of Rabiulakhir was sighted today, on Wednesday evening (November 27th) by moon-sighters of Brunei Darussalam Astronomical Society at 6.31 pm, when the curved light was less than 2 degrees above the horizon.

The western sky was cloudy near the horizon at sunset, scopes were aligned using the 3 planet – Venus, Saturn and Jupiter – and unable to align using the Sun as it was most of the time behind the clouds.

Photo of a little crescent (hilal), which is an illuminated portion on the margin of the moon, behind clouds.

New Lunar Crescent of Syawal 1437 seen from Brunei

webmaster — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:00:31 +0000

Bandar Seri Begawan – July 05, 2016. A group of members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam was at the Agok Hill in Tutong for the moonsighting to observe the new moon of Syawal 1437H. The western sky was partly cloudy especially new the horizon with the sun set behind the clouds on that evening. At about 15 minutes after sunset, at the clouds break, the 24 hour old hilal was firstly visible through telescopes and CCD Camera at around 6.52 pm.

Moonsighting for first day of Syawal by PABD

Hilal of Syawal 1437

Moonsighting for first day of Syawal by PABD

Hilal of Syawal 1437H

Jadual Kenampakan Pertama Anak Bulan Di Negara Brunei Darussalam 2000 – 2099

webmaster — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:00:41 +0000

Buku ini adalah dihasratkan sebagai rujukan bagi ilmuan-ilmuan di Negara Brunei Darussalam dan sumbangan kajian berunsur saintifik. Di dalam buku ini terkandung kompilasi jadual waktu bagi kenampakan anak bulan yang pertama. Penghasilan jadual ialah dengan mengunakan berbagai-bagai perisian astronomi dan program yang diaturacara oleh Hazarry bin Hj Ali Ahmad.

Download: Jadual Kenampakan Anak Bulan di Brunei Darussalam 2000 – 2099 (Edisi Terkini)

New moon crescent first global visibility curve for Ramadan this year

webmaster — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:00:27 +0000

New moon Ramadan 1435H visibility curve

New moon crescent first global visibility curve for Ramadan this year, 2014

2009 Sep 19 Syawal 1430 New Moon Crescent is not Sighted

webmaster — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:30:02 +0000

2009 Sep 19 New Moon Watching (Syawal)

Some PABD members tried to sight the new moon of Syawal at Bukti Agok, on the weekend of September 19, 2009.

It was very cloudy.

The moon was not visible to the naked eyes nor through a telescope. This was largely due to thick clouds over the western horizon.

The official announcement was made on RTB tonight where hari raya will be celebrated on Monday.

A report of the result of the new moon sighting was sent to The Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP).

PABD wishes all muslim “Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.”