In The Name Of God
With the latest calculations made; the moon in its eighth rotation around the earth on Friday 22/09/2006 -31/06/1385 at 15:17 in the year of 1427 Hejri-Ghamari is in range with the sun and is called "going to wane (Mohaagh)" and at 17:05 in the same day, goes out of the reach of the light beam
Observance of Crescent of the holy month of Ramadan 1427 with unarmed eyes is possible in Iran and its neighbor countries, on the condition of fine weather, on Sunset of Sunday 24/09/2006 -02/07/1385
Observance of crescent of the holy month of Ramadan 1427 with unarmed eyes is possible in South America and Africa, on the condition of fine weather, at local time on Sunset of Saturday 23/09/2006 -01/07/1385
Observance of crescent of the holy month of Ramadan 1427 with armed eyes is possible in Australia and South-East Asia on the condition of fine weather, at local time on Sunset of Sunday 23/09/2006 -01/07/1385
On the sunset of Saturday in Iran and its neighbor countries because of the low altitude of the crescent and its halt time after the sunset, it absolutely can not be observed without armed eyes
Note that, some of the connoisseur groups have claimed that can observe the crescent on the sunset of Saturday 23/09/2006 -01/07/1385 in the North and South areas of the Persian Gulf with telescopes; but authentication of their work will be pended for after checking and studying their report
Anyway according to our reports and experience in the past years based on observance of the crescent, the crescent in Iran and its neighbor countries can not bee observed on the sunset of 23/09/2006 -01/07/1385 without armed eyes and only some reports on observance of the crescent has been reported that ware observed with telescope by connoisseur observers in some areas in the South of Iran and the south marginal countries of the Persian Gulf
:The specifications of the crescent in the holy city of Qom are as follow
A- Saturday 23/09/2006 -01/07/1385
Altitude of the crescent: 3Deg 33Min , Shining of the crescent: 1/10% , Age of the crescent: 24Hours and 7Mins , direction of the crescent: 259Deg 16Min , difference of direction with the Sun: 11Deg 5Min , and the max. Halt of the crescent after the sunset: 21min
B- Sunday 24/09/2006 -02/07/1385
Altitude of the crescent: 8Deg 17Min , Shining of the crescent: 3/95% , Age of the crescent: 48Hours and 5Mins , direction of the crescent: 248Deg 48Min , difference of direction with the Sun: 20Deg 59Min , and the max. Halt of the crescent after the sunset: 47min
The crescent might appear with a high shine and in a high altitude, but this isn’t a reason for being observable in the past day in the mentioned areas above
Crescent Observatory Staff
ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH CENTER