Moonsighting possibilities for Ramadan

[faqir]

www.moonsighting.com

Ramadan:

The birth of moon is on Thursday October 14, 2004 at 2:49 Universal Time. On Oct 14, this moon is going to be 22.4 hours old on West coast of USA, and still impossible to see because it is in the Southern Hemisphere. It may be seen with difficulty in parts of South America, and with ease in Polynesian Islands. It cannot be seen in Japan, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe on October 14. It will be visible in most of the world on October 15. However, in Northern Europe and in England, it may not be seen even on October 15, although it is going to be 38 hours old, because it is in the Southern Hemisphere. It is going to be less than 3 degrees above horizon at sunset in England on Oct 15 and the glow of sunlight even after sunset will make it very difficult to see.

Accordingly, the first day of Ramadan will be on Saturday, October 16, 2004 for most of the world except Northern Europe and Northern Asia. England is in a situation that this moon may or may not be seen on October 15.

[eat-halal guy]

:salam:

Yeah, I read that on moonsighting.com. In any case:



The next meeting of the Hilal Committee is scheduled on Thursday the 29th of Shabaan, corresponding with the 14th October after salatul Maghrib at Jame Abubakr (Toronto).

Montreal imams/ulema will be meeting as Masjid Assunaah Annabawiyyah, Insha-Allah, though I'm pretty sure no one is really expecting the moon to be sighted.

[faqir]

Start of Ramadan


The UK Ruiyate Hilal Committee, following its meeting on 13 Oct at the Tooting Islamic Centre,has announced the first day of fasting will be 15th Oct.Taraweeh prayers will commence on Thursday night.

[talib al-habib]

salams

brother faqir, how is this possible given your first post? It should be completely impossible to see the moon in the UK on the 14th...

was salam

[faqir]

Tell me about it!

:rolleyes:

Don't ask me how these things are worked out - I contacted the committee in the past and they sent me this massive message - I posted it in the debates forum in the past. Try doing a search for it if you are interested.

Wasalam.


p.s. from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/9272/navId/00500300f00h