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 Table of New Moon Observations

Gathered by the Israeli New Moon Society

 

Explanation of column headings

Name: Name of observer. If the observer requested to remain anonymous then ‘Anon’ followed by a number appears instead.

Age: Age in years.

Country: Country where observed

City: City, town, or location if not in a populated area

Neighborhood: Where no neighborhood is indicated, the word Center is used

Location: Further details about the location

Date: Gregorian date

Time zone: Hours ahead of UTC

First: N means that the Moon was visible the previous day (for old Moon Last = N means that the Moon was visible the following day).

Seen: Y means that the Moon was seen with the naked eye. If no time is recorded then the time of first/last visibility was not recorded. N means that the Moon was not seen with the naked eye. If a time is recorded then the Moon was seen with binoculars.

First seen: Local time when the Moon was first observed. This is left blank if no time was recorded.

Good: Y means that an experienced observer correctly recorded the time of first visibility. N means that the observer did not see the Moon when it first appeared or was not known to be experienced enough to recorded the time of first visibility.

Bad: Y means that the Moon was not observed at least partly because the observer was looking at the wrong time and/or in the wrong direction or that the observer mistakenly claimed to have seen the Moon.

Cloud: Y means that the Moon was obscured by clouds when it should have first appeared.

(For old Moon, Rose: Y means that the Moon was seen to rise completely)

Last seen: Local time when the Moon was last observed. This is left blank if no time was recorded.

Good: Y means that an experienced observer correctly recorded the time of last visibility. N means that the observer did not see the Moon when it first appeared or was not known to be experienced enough to recorded the time of last visibility.

Bad: Y means that the Moon was not observed at least partly because the observer was looking at the wrong time and/or in the wrong direction or that the observer mistakenly claimed to have seen the Moon.

Cloud: Y means that the Moon was obscured by clouds when it should have last appeared.

Set (for new Moon only): Y means that the Moon was seen to start to set.

Temperature: Temperature in Celcius.

Pressure: Pressure in millibars.

Humidity: Relative humidity in %.