rabiulakhir – BruneiAstronomy https://bruneiastronomy.org/web Advancing Astronomy & Falak Syarie in Brunei Darussalam Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:45:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bruneiastronomy.org/web/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cropped-PABD-Logo-100x100-32x32.jpg rabiulakhir – BruneiAstronomy https://bruneiastronomy.org/web 32 32 19-Hour Old New Moon Crescent of Rabiulakhir 1441H Sighted https://bruneiastronomy.org/web/2019/11/19-hour-old-new-moon-crescent-of-rabiulakhir-1441h-sighted/ https://bruneiastronomy.org/web/2019/11/19-hour-old-new-moon-crescent-of-rabiulakhir-1441h-sighted/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000 http://bruneiastronomy.org/web/?p=6492 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.
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