{"id":15610,"date":"2025-07-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?page_id=15610"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:43:19","slug":"first-visibility-of-the-lunar-crescent-brunei-darussalam-2000-2099","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/first-visibility-of-the-lunar-crescent-brunei-darussalam-2000-2099\/","title":{"rendered":"First Visibility and Prediction of the Lunar Crescent Brunei Darussalam 2000 &#8211; 2099"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruneiastronomy.org\/hilal\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bruneiastronomy.org\/hilal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for user-friendly layout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bruneiastronomy.org\/hilal\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click Here for Hilal Visibility Predictions in Brunei Darussalam<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most comprehensive lunar crescent or hilal visibility predictions, spanning 1,237 lunations from the year 2000 to 2099 (corresponding to Hijrah year 1420 to 1523) for Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This resource provides detailed information on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First Visibility Dates <\/strong><br>Projected dates when the hilal (lunar crescent) is first expected to be seen from Brunei&#8217;s skies when it is above the horizon, based on astronomical calculations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sighting Predictions<\/strong><br>Each lunation includes prediction on the crescent&#8217;s visibility probability, <em>V<\/em>, developed by Mohammad Shawkat Odeh (2005) across Brunei. The neo-MABIMS visibility criteria (Alt \u2265 3\u00b0, Elong \u22656.4\u00b0) is also indicated by Y (satisfy) and N (does not meet).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Parameter at Sunset<\/strong><br>The information is shown: Lunation begins in 2000; Dates of First Visibility in Gregorian and Hijrah; Moon Phase in %; Local Sunset and Moonset in Brunei time; Sightability is the duration of lunar crescent remains above the horizon after sunset; Moon age after conjunction at sunset; Moon altitude; Difference of Sun and Moon azimuth; Sun-Moon elongation; Moon distance from the observer in km; Semidiameter in degree; and sighting prediction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Search<\/strong><br>Enter the year in the search box to list the dates of new moon first visibility and its parameter.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re tracking Islamic months, planning Hilal observation events, or simply curious about the youngest moon in our skies, this database serves as a valuable tool for enthusiasts, astronomers, and decision-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>All dates are based on scientific modeling and do not replace official moon sighting declarations by government authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here for user-friendly layout This is the most comprehensive lunar crescent or hilal visibility&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1423,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15610","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}