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Date: 16 Sep 2007 04:31:29
From: Bhaiyyah
Subject: Analyze data to see possibility of sighting the Crescent
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For Houston-TX
Wednesday
12 September 2007 Eastern Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:05 a.m.
Sunrise 6:33 a.m.
Sun transit 12:52 p.m.
Sunset 7:10 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:38 p.m.
MOON
Moonset 7:11 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 7:35 a.m.
Moon transit 1:38 p.m.
Moonset 7:31 p.m.
Moonrise 8:36 a.m. on following day
Phase of the Moon on 12 September: waxing crescent with 1% of the
Moon's visible disk illuminated.
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For New York
Wednesday
12 September 2007 Central Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:40 a.m.
Sunrise 7:04 a.m.
Sun transit 1:18 p.m.
Sunset 7:31 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:55 p.m.
MOON
Moonset 7:37 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 8:02 a.m.
Moon transit 2:06 p.m.
Moonset 8:04 p.m.
Moonrise 8:56 a.m. on following day
Phase of the Moon on 12 September: waxing crescent with 1% of the
Moon's visible disk illuminated.
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Was it possible to sight the crescent moon by naked eye for Houston
and New York on 12th September evening?
I need response from experts only. Thanks in advance.
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Date: 17 Sep 2007 18:18:17
From: Mike Simmons
Subject: Re: Analyze data to see possibility of sighting the Crescent
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Try www.moonsighting.com visibility charts and links.
Mike Simmons
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:31:29 -0700, Bhaiyyah wrote:
> For Houston-TX
> Wednesday
> 12 September 2007 Eastern Daylight Time
>
> SUN
> Begin civil twilight 6:05 a.m.
> Sunrise 6:33 a.m.
> Sun transit 12:52 p.m.
> Sunset 7:10 p.m.
> End civil twilight 7:38 p.m.
>
> MOON
> Moonset 7:11 p.m. on preceding day
> Moonrise 7:35 a.m.
> Moon transit 1:38 p.m.
> Moonset 7:31 p.m.
> Moonrise 8:36 a.m. on following day
>
>
> Phase of the Moon on 12 September: waxing crescent with 1% of the
> Moon's visible disk illuminated.
> ----------------------
> For New York
>
> Wednesday
> 12 September 2007 Central Daylight Time
>
> SUN
> Begin civil twilight 6:40 a.m.
> Sunrise 7:04 a.m.
> Sun transit 1:18 p.m.
> Sunset 7:31 p.m.
> End civil twilight 7:55 p.m.
>
> MOON
> Moonset 7:37 p.m. on preceding day
> Moonrise 8:02 a.m.
> Moon transit 2:06 p.m.
> Moonset 8:04 p.m.
> Moonrise 8:56 a.m. on following day
>
>
> Phase of the Moon on 12 September: waxing crescent with 1% of the
> Moon's visible disk illuminated.
> -----------
> Was it possible to sight the crescent moon by naked eye for Houston
> and New York on 12th September evening?
> I need response from experts only. Thanks in advance.
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Date: 17 Sep 2007 11:20:14
From: Jim Stamm
Subject: Re: Analyze data to see possibility of sighting the Crescent
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In article <1189942289.491281.142270@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com >,
Bhaiyyah <Thaqalainnaqvi@gmail.com > wrote:
> Was it possible to sight the crescent moon by naked eye for Houston
> and New York on 12th September evening?
It is hard to say "not possible," but I know many experienced observers
who have tried to see Hilaals that were higher, brighter, larger, etc.,
etc., without success. I would doubt anyone who claimed to have seen
the crescent from New York.
Houston is a slightly different story. Steven O'Meara has seen a Moon
under these physical circumstances, but from a mountain. Only if the
atmosphere was superb, and only if the observer was not looking over
water, and only if the observer was experienced and with excellent
vision would I accept the claim of observing the Hilaal.
I am sorry not to be more precise in my judgement, but I have personally
seen crescents through a telescope that were deemed impossible, so I am
reluctant to label anything near the threshold zone "impossible."
-Jim
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