Ramazan to be of 30 days

06 Oct, 2007

The new moon for Shawwal will not be sighted on Friday (October 12). Therefore, Shawwal One, 1428 AH will fall on Sunday (October 14). According to astronomical parameters, there is no chance of sighting the Shawwal moon on October 12. The moon will cross the conjunction line on Thursday (October 11) at 1001 Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
The sunset on Thursday will be at 1809 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 1832 PST. The moon will set at 1836 PST. Thus the age of the new moon will be 32 hours and 31 minutes at ECTL. It will set 27 minutes after sunset and five minutes after ECTL.
At the time of ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of zero degrees and 47 minutes and at an azimuth of 251 degrees and three minutes. At sunset the moon will be at an altitude of five degrees and 34 minutes. It will be at an azimuth of 248 degrees and 40 minutes. The weather is expected to be partly cloudy or cloudy.



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PHASES OF THE MOON
NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER
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D H M D H M
OCTOBER 11 10 01 OCTOBER 19 13 33
FULL MOON LAST QUARTER
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D H M D H M
OCTOBER 26 09 52 NOVEMBER 02 02 18
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