Astronomical .. Friday, January 31, the first Shaban

The Director of the International Astronomy Center, Eng. Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, expected that the crescent of the month of Shaban will not see, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29, corresponding to the twenty -ninth of Rajab 1446 AH in many countries of the Islamic world, due to the sunset before or with the sunset, and therefore these countries will complete Several month of Rajab thirty days, and Friday, January 31, will be the first day of the month of Shaban.

Odeh stated that there are some Islamic countries that will be on the twenty -ninth of Rajab is on Thursday, January 30, and among these countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Morocco, Mauritania, Cameroon and Albania, and seeing the crescent of the month of Shaban on that day is possible with the naked eye from all regions of the Islamic world and south Europe, Africa and America, and it is expected that these countries are expected to start the month of Shaban on Friday, January 31.

As for the status of the crescent on Thursday, January 30 in some Arab and Islamic cities, Odeh said that the surface accounts of the crescent at sunset as follows: In Jakarta the moon is absent after 50 minutes from the sunset, and he is 21 hours and 31 minutes. In Abu Dhabi, the moon is absent 60 minutes from sunset, 23 hours and 47 minutes old. In Riyadh, the moon is absent 61 minutes of sunset, 24 hours and 19 minutes old. In Amman and Jerusalem, the moon is absent 64 minutes of sunset, 24 hours and 59 minutes. In Cairo, the moon is absent 65 minutes from sunset, 25 hours and 19 minutes old. In the ligament, the moon is absent 72 minutes from the sunset, and it is 28 hours and 47 minutes. Seeing the crescent from all previous regions is possible with the naked eye.
To find out the meanings of these numbers, it is worth noting that the least stayed for a crescent was able to see it with the naked eye was 29 minutes, but the least Omar Hilal could see him with the naked eye, it was 15 hours and 33 minutes, and it is not sufficient for the crescent staying and his age from these values ​​to be able to see it, as seeing the crescent Related to other factors, such as the angular distance from the sun and its distance from the horizon at the time of its monitoring.