Visibility of Luna and Lunar Crescent

ours-value crirerion-baed crireria. A similar wolk for the period2000-2005 has akeady
bcr reFned (Qu€shi snd Kh0, 2005)
TIE resuhs of E 95 lnDation during the Jmualy 2000 lo Scprenbd 2OO7
(Shawl, 1420 AH lo RaM, 1427 AH) .tong *nh obsRalional data 4 presenred
in yeady lables in appcndixlv All rhe conpuklio.s fo! the* tables de basd for the
city of KaEchi (Larirud. 24o 56, Longitude 6?0 l.). The fisl cotom indicales 16r
conjDct'on wjrh nonrh, day, hour, ninde and seco.d for rhe l@al rim€ of conjuictioi
in the sub-columhs. Thc calcularions are done for rhe day oftast codlncioi, fo! $e nexr
day and vherc Equird two days tater, indicaled undc. colunn hcaded .Ldt Coij
followed by rhe Dale in Oregorian catendar. Nexl $o cotlmns givc lhe r€larive ahnude
(ARCV) and reladve azimuth (DAZ) in degrecs foltowed by nooDset-sunscr tag ir
m,nules. ftc age ofM@n (in houc), rhe arc or tignt or €tonsalion {ARCL in degrt
and fie cBscenhvidrl (irr arc minlret apper $e iexr rhre. cotunns, iolhsed by
colhns indicaling the r-value, visibilily condition otr q-value. lhc .elahc and the
visibihy conditio.s on s,value. Thc visibitiry condirions are lho* de$nbed in hblc
4.2.4 (for Yallop\ oiterion) dd labt€ 4.4.4 (tor euEshi & Khan qirerioD). Under rhe
hcrding of 'Momh $c colmn givs rhe nrhc of Isl.nic mondr $at begi$ anq a
sighring reponed on $€ previous evening foltowed by $c CreBorion d.te ot slan ofrbh
lDnlh.In lhis 16l coluDn und$ Cregori& dare ofsiafling lunnnDnrh, numbsofdar-s
in dE nonrh, iE also 8nd Ttu la{ colunnr conr.ins a comnenl. If rc dccision oa
sl.nrng new lunar noDlh is in agrccment vi$ the prediotion critsioD Gratur q.ilqioi)
thc column conrains I,ROPER. tle ..ob*ryalional decision .nd tbc Nodet arc
consideed lo b. i..gEeme.t only $ne. thc s-value clirerion show Ev, i.e. crcscenr is
clsily visiblc. Tbe conrhenr in ttE tasl cotuDn cobrains ,LATE, if thc dcchion of
startng new lund nonrh is one day lare 6 indicaled by rhe dat of csy visibitiry on r_
lalue and EARLY iI the lunar nonlh has been naned ooe day edlier rhan lhar
indisted by the prediclion crn€ on. A5 staled eelier all de* calculariohs @ doDe for
KaEchi and for rhe b.sr local lime for €E$.nr lisibitily. Hower, ir should b. nored
lhal observarion claios are couected from alloverlhe counry.
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