Moonsighting for Dhul-Hijjah 1424
January 21, 2004 (Wednesday):
Impossible to see on Jan 21 anywhere in the world.
Muhammad Hafiz (ICOP & Moonsighting.com member) from Opa Locka, Florida reporetd: Not Seen
I tried to oberve the Hilal on Wednesday, 21st January, 2004 in Opa-Locka, Florida USA after sunset. No Hilal was observed.
January 22, 2004 (Thursday):
M. Shahid Qureshi (Moonsighting.com member) from Karachi, Pakistan reported: Not Seen
We at Karachi University Observatory, started tracking the Moon at 17:00 PST (one hour nine minutes before
Sun set) when the Right Ascension and Declination of Moon were (20 Hr. 53 Min.) and (-23 deg. 04 min.)
through our 6 Inch Code’ Refractor Telescope. At this point of time the Moons altitude was around 18 deg 23
min..
At the local Sun set (18:09 PST) the altitude of Moon was supposed to be 5 deg 23 min. and Moon’s age was around 16 hours. However till the local Moon set (18:43 PST) we could NOT see the Crescent Moon at any time during our tracking effort.
Rashid Motala (ICOP & Moonsighting.com member) from Signal Hills, South Africa reported: Seen
The crescent moon was sighted this evening in S. Africa, in several places.
S. Wasty from South Africa reported: Seen
The new Hujj moon has been seen in S. Africa this (Thu 22-1-2004) evening.
Sultan Hafiz from Guyana reported: Seen
The Hilal was seen by him and members of the Rose Hall Town Masjid and Islamic Center after sunset at 6:15 PM on Thursday, 22th January, 2004.
Muhammad Hafiz (ICOP & Moonsighting.com member) from Opa Locka, Florida reporetd: Seen
On Thursday, 22 January, 2004 I observed the Hilal after sunset at (6:24 PM) in Opa-Locka, Florida, USA. The Hilal observation was a easy one.
Anwar Ansari & Azhar Dalal from Miami, FL reported: Seen
We sighted moon at Miami Masjid
Ruth Jeffery from Houston TX reported: Not Seen
Sorry, we had an overcast sky to the west in Houston on Jan. 22, so were unable to sight the moon.
Hadi Jaafar, Ph.D. from Fort Collins, Colorado reported: Seen
At 5:23 PM I sighted the moon with the naked eye here in Fort Collins, Colorado. Horns between 2 and 7.
Javad Torabinejad (ICOP & Moonsighting.com member) from Logan, Utah reported: Seen
Earlier this evening my wife, my daughter and I sighted
the moon in Hyde Park, Utah. The sky was hazy and with some thin
clouds. I started scanning the horizon with a pair of binocular. The
first binocular sighting was at about 5:50 MST. Then I could see it
with naked eye. The moon was high and bright and visible through the
haze. The horns were at about 2:00 to 6:30.
Mohamed Lotfy, Faculty Chair CS/CIS, Regis university reported: Seen
I was on mile marker 297 on I-70, 20 miles east of Denver. The hilal was south west it was visible from 5:37 pm MST till 6:01 pm MST. It was 3 fingers from the horizon at 5:38 pm. The top horn was between 2 and 3 markers on a clock at the horizon and the lower (left) horn was at 7 marker on the clock.
Paul Burnham (Moonsighting.com member) Chino Valley, AZ reported: Seen
The new Moon was successfully observed from Chino Valley, Arizona. The early period after local sunset was plagued by clouds but the moon was seen with binoculars emerging from clouds at 1803 MST, and then visually at 1806 MST when thin clouds had moved away from the line of sight. Thereafter, the moon was visible until it disappeared behind trees around 1840.
Abdul Sattar Ridhan (Moonsighting.com member) from San Jose reported: Seen
Seen the Hilal around 5:42 PM PST; lasted till almost 6PM today January 22,04 Thursday
January 23, 2004 (Friday):
M. Shahid Qureshi (Moonsighting.com member) from Karachi, Pakistan reported: Seen
We set out 6 Inch Code’ Refractor Telescope to Moon’s
coordinates (R. A. 21 Hr. 52 Min., Dec. -18 deg. 39
min) at 17:00 PST and the CRESCENT MOON WAS SEEN IN
OUR FIELD OF VIEW IMMEDIATELY, one hour and 9 minutes
before local Sun set. The dimly illuminated crescent
was markedly differentiable from rest of the bright
field of view. It seemed that if we had tried the
crescent could have been seen earlier.