{"id":10005,"date":"2021-10-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2021-10-06T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:53:17","slug":"great-chance-to-spot-a-very-young-moon-on-oct-07-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2021\/10\/great-chance-to-spot-a-very-young-moon-on-oct-07-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Chance to Spot a Very Young Moon on Oct 07 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bandar Seri Begawan &#8211; Could the young<\/strong> lunar crescent (<em>hilal<\/em>) be seen in binoculars and by the naked eyes on Thursday afternoon, October 7, 2021?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10006\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211007_Rabiulawal1443HilalParameter-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Above: New moon position from Brunei Darussalam<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the data, the 23-hour old moon is thin and the first light <em>Rabiulawal hilal <\/em>will be a visible to the naked eyes from Brunei Darussalam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look up for a great sky-watching challenge from your home backyard. Here are some tips for you:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use binoculars or a telescope and a compass to assist your observation;<\/li><li>Be sure to find an unobstructed flat horizon in the direction of sunset;<\/li><li>Start looking shortly after the sun disappears (20 minutes after sunset), then you\u2019ll only have no more than about 30 minutes before moonset;<\/li><li>Use your hands to measure the approximate distance (in degrees) the sky using your hands and fingers &#8211; see below;<\/li><li>Crystal clear skies is essential.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10007\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_measuringskyhand-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Above: Measuring angular size in the sky<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandar Seri Begawan &#8211; Could the young lunar crescent (hilal) be seen in binoculars and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30,86,13,9],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brunei","tag-crescent","tag-hilal","tag-moon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=10005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}