Psak 5769 Adar 2
Information about the visual sighting of the new moon is given below. No psak was issued. Informal translation from Hebrew of the 2 Adar, 5769 (26 February 2009) statement:
New moon of Adar 5769 sighted
The Moon as seen from Givat Ram, Jerusalem at 17:57 on Thursday 26th February 2009
Crescent Venus as seen from Givat Ram, Jerusalem at 17:50 on Thursday 26th February 2009
The Moon was easily seen from Israel on Thursday 26th February 2009. In addition the crescent of Venus was also visible with binoculars or a telescope.
Place | Name | Time seen with the naked eye |
Jerusalem, Givat Ram | Roy Hoffman | 17:45 |
Jerusalem, Har Nof | Yehoshua Boch | 17:31 |
Efrat | Tom Rosenfeld | 17:50 |
Mitspe Ramon | Daniel Jackson | 18:03 |
Tel-Aviv | Gadi Eidelheit | 17:33 |
Neria | Avishalom Feuchtwanger | 18:10 |
Petach Tikva | Barbera Brot | 17:45 |
Kochav Yair | Lior Eshdat | 17:49 |
Ben Shemen | Ya’akov Nemet | 18:02 |
Beer Sheva | Chaim Mackler | 18:00 |
Jerusalem, Old City | Nehemia Gordon | 17:40 |
Jerusalem, Old City | Rilla Auzolat | 17:40 |
Jerusalem, Old City | Johan Schutte | 17:40 |
Jerusalem, Old City | Anayahu Newman | 17:40 |
Gotteburg, Sweden | Arik Arar | Cloudy |
Next month, please look for the Moon from Israel and most of the World on Friday 27th March 2009. From Jerusalem (and similarly for the rest of Israel) the Moon may be visible from 18:58 till 19:03 and will be very easy to see. At 18:58 the Moon will be at azimuth 277° (3½° right of the sunset) and 10½° high. From Australia and South Africa, the Moon will only appear the next day.
Roy.
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