| It took a few minutes for the moon to disappear behind the distant mountains before the actual moonset listed for Blacksburg at 9:22 pm | In the absence of clouds, I could have sighted Venus much earlier even with naked eye as I did last evening at 8:29 pm |
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| A gap in the clouds with good sky quality appeared before noon | The daytime new moon was captured by mr |
The moon's horns were approximately at 3:00 and 6:30 O'clock 3:00;5:00;6:30.
| I could also see it visually through the telescope at 50x magnification | Thicker lower clouds made the sighting more difficult |
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| We were not able to sight the Hilal the crescent moon through naked eyes, binoculars, and telescope | Muhammad Yusuf from Bosscha Observatory at Lembang Bandung West Java Indonesia |
On ithbat council by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia declared that 1st of Syawwal 1442 AH will start on Thursday, May 13rd, 2021.
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