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New Moon Report
Crescent New Moon Sightings
June 1998

This page contains reports of actual New Moon sightings from Israel and is updated every month. The Biblical month begins with the Crescent New Moon, or First Visible Sliver, seen from Israel.
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Karaite Korner
New Moon Report
June 1998

On June 25, 1998:

  • One observer reported that he first sighted the moon at 19:44 through a 20x60 binoculars (7 minutes before sunset!) and sighted the moon with the naked eye at 19:48 (3 minutes before sunset) and Sunset was observed at 19:51.

  • Another observer reported sighting the moon from Ramat Gan at 19:45 P.M. (5 minutes before sunset) with the naked eye.

  • Ya'akov Braham reported sighting the moon with the naked eye from Ashdod at 19:50.

  • Nehemia Gordon saw the moon from Jerusalem, but only after sunset.
Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel

Some of the reports in this newsletter were collected by Magdi Shamuel of Ashdod, Israel. Magdi Shamuel's article on the Calendar can be seen at:
Karaite Calendar by Magdi Shamuel

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