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Shaban Moon May Be Sighted Today

Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 9:48 am 


KARACHIĀ  :The new Shaban moon may be sighted today (Saturday), according to astronomical parameters. Therefore, Shaban One, 1429 AH should fall on Sunday. The moon crossed the conjunction line yesterday (Friday) at 1613 Pakistan Summer Time (PST). The sunset today will be at 2016 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 2041 PST. The moon will set at 2102 PST.

Thus the age of the new moon will be 28 hours and 28 minutes at ECTL. It will set 46 minutes after sunset and 21 minutes after ECTL. At the time of ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of four degrees and 29 minutes and at an azimuth of 281 degrees and 14 minutes. The weather is expected to be cloudy to partly cloudy.

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PHASES OF THE MOON:

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         NEW MOON              FIRST QUARTER

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        D    H   M             D      H      M

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AUG    01   16  13      AUG   08     26     20

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        FULL MOON               LAST QUARTER

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        D    H   M             D      H      M

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AUG    17   03  16      AUG   24     05     50

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