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The geocentric new Moon will occur Inshallah on (Thursday 10  March 2005), at 09:10 UT. On this day the program Moon Calculator by Dr. Monzur Ahmed -according to Yallop criterion- shows that it will not be possible to see the crescent from almost any part of the world; however, the central western parts of the Americas will stage for a very challenging opportunity for this months observation  with optical aid.  

While on the next day (Friday  11 March 2005) the crescent should be easily visible from almost all parts of the globe.

According to the actual sighting of the crescent, the start of Safar should be on Saturday 12 March 2005 almost for all countries of the world.  The results and the first day of the month in different countries will be added here, Inshallah, as we receive the reports from ICOP's members. If you wish to be a member of ICOP, or to know more about it, kindly click here.

    USA

Observation Results for Safar 1426 Waxing Crescent on Thursday 10 March 2005

The earliest sighting reported was by Jim Stamm in Tucson, Arizona at 18:31 LT

First Sighted Seen Not Seen

    Iraq 

    Germany 

    South Africa 

    Algeria

    USA 

ICOP member Jim Stamm in Tucson, Arizona SEEN (I had acquired the correct field and had the proper focus set in the afternoon, but acquired no image.  At 17:30 I decided the focus had changed because of the altitude difference, so I ran through the acquisition procedure again.  When I saw no image at 18:15, I began to question my numbers, and even scanned the area with binoculars.  At 18:31 the image came into view.  I was on the correct field all the time. The image was broken in the middle with about 15% of the crescent being invisible.  Length of crescent was about 35°.  I estimated the length at:

18:35   40° the break had filled in

18:38   40°

18:41   38°

18:43   52°

18:46   60°

After this, I began showing some neighbors the Moon, and did not get a measurement before the image slipped behind some trees.)

 Observation Results for Safar 1426 Waxing Crescent on Friday 11 March 2005

Seen Not Seen

 

    Brunei

   Iran

    Saudi Arabia

    Iraq

    Tanzania

    Jordan

ICOP and JAS member Tareq Hadi in Amman SEEN      (First sighted by naked eye through a veil of clouds at 18:15 LT. Cloud cover was 4/8. The crescent then disappeared between the clouds until 18:45, when seen again; the shown photo was taken through LX-200 10 inch Meade telescope.) 

JAS members Iyad Mustafa in an Amman suburb SEEN (The crescent was very easily visible when allowed by breakage in the clouds. First sighted 18:05 LT.  Six JAS members and few guests were at the observation. Some nice images were taken.

    Germany

ICOP member Gerhard Kaufmann in Moerlenbach  NOT SEEN (Overcast)

    Algeria

ICOP member Bankih Kacem in Beni Isguen SEEN (The western horizon was cloudy in Ghardaïa. Safar 1426 crescent was seen by 04 members (02 by naked eyes and 02 by binoculars 8x30,20x50).It was seen for 11 mn.)

    England

ICOP and JAS member Tarek Katbeh in Darlington SEEN  (Naked eye 18:38 LT easily visible.)

    Nigeria

ICOP member Muhammed Qamardeen NOT SEEN (Several reports with no sighting. Overcast. First day of Safar Friday 11 March)

ICOP member Oba Ibrahim in Ilorin SEEN (Naked eye)

    USA

ICOP member Muhammad Hafiz in Miami SEEN (Naked eye. Easy sighting) 

ICOP member Gulamabbas Khakoo in Longbeach, CA SEEN (Very easy sighting)