Today is the 5th Day of the 9th Moon Cycle (10M/5D/2024). The New Moon was seen on the night of 12/2/2024 in the US, Tanzania, Brazil and Y'shr'Al (Israel). Due to weather I was unable to sight it myself here in Canada. I am celebrating Sh'bayt (Sabbath) on Roman 2nd day (Mon.) of the week for this Moon Cycle. See the calendar below. For details on the current calendar for this 10th Moon see the Calendar Stuff page.
Sightings relevant to 10/2/2024 are as follows:
USA and World:
Y'shr'Al (Israel), Brazil and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 9/4/2024 are as follows:
USA and World:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 7/6/2023 are as follows:
USA, other southern regions like Africa :
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 12/13/2023 are as follows:
USA, Australia, Mauritius and South Africa :
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
11/15/2023
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 9/16/2023 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 3/22/2023 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 2/21/2023 are as follows:
Previous Sightings
Sightings relevant to 2/21/2023 are as follows:
Sightings relevant to 11M/16D/2020 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 7M/22D/2020 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 3M/25D/2020 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sightings relevant to 3M/25D/2020 are as follows:
Y'shr'Al (Israel) and Canada:
Sorry, no photo but according to Devorah Gordon:
The new moon was sighted from Israel this evening, Wednesday, 25 March 2020!
* From Jerusalem by Karen Andrews at 6:32pm, followed by David McKnew, Gil Ashendorf, and Devorah Gordon.
* From Beer Sheva by Yochanan Zaqantov at 6:28pm
Last 13th New Moon, 2/25/2020
Sightings relevant to 9M/29D/2019 are as follows:
Sightings relevant to 7M/4D/2019 are as follows:
No sighting on 7M/3D/2019. Going with sighting for 7M/4D/19.
One unnamed witness saw the crescent according to Facebook friends Yoel ha Levi and Devorah Gordon.
According to Yoel Levi and Devorah Gordon there were no sightings on either 2/5/19 or 2/6/19 due to weather conditions.
According to Yoel Levi, "My sky is covered with a storm, but I did see Roy Hoffman’s report:
I saw the Moon today, Monday 7th January 2019 from Givat Ram Jerusalem, Israel using the naked eye only starting 17:13 utc+2. The sky was somewhat hazy.' "
From Ross Nichols and Michael Chen from Tamar Park in Y'shr'Al (Israel), via Facebook.
Sightings relevant to 9/11/2018 are as follows:
From Becca Biderman from Facebook.
From Hebrew in Israel from Facebook.
Sightings relevant to 6/14/2018 are as follows:
From Hebrew in Israel from Facebook.
From our friend Kenneth: Shloom, crescent sighted at 8:31 pm on roman date 7/14/2018 in Fairfield, Texas indicating the 5th month is here.
See Moonsighting.com or Rich Lobert's New Moon repot. The moon was seen in southern areas like Texas and Dominica a day earlier than us here in Canada or Y'shr'Al (Israel).
Sighting reported by Nehemiah Gordon on 9/2/2016 with sightings around 7:30pm. Photo below from Nehemiah Gordon.
Sightings relevant to 8/4/2016 are as follows:
Canada
Sighting reported by Nehemiah Gordon on 8/4/2016 with sightings between 7:27-37pm from numerous people. Photo below from Nehemiah Gordon.
Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or the muslim reporting site moonsighting.com.
Sightings relevant to 6/6/2016 are as follows:
Canada
Sighting reported by Nehemiah Gordon on 6/6/2016 at 7:39pm.
Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or the muslim reporting site moonsighting.com.
Sightings relevant to 5/7/2016 are as follows:
Canada
Sighting reported by Nehemiah Gordon on 5/7/2016 at 7:47pm. Photo below from Nehemiah Gordon.
Our friend Kenneth Speering saw the crescent in Fairfield, Texas on 5/7/2016 at 8:30pm.
Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or the muslim reporting site moonsighting.com.
Sightings relevant to 4/9/2016 are as follows:
Canada
No sighting on 4/8/2016. Sighting reported on 4/9/2016.
USA and World Sightings:
One of our friends saw the crescent in Astoria, Oregon on 4/8/2016 at 8:03pm.
Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or the muslim reporting site moonsighting.com.
Sightings relevant to 3/10/2016 are as follows:
Canada
USA and World Sightings:
Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report.
Sightings relevant to 2/9/2016 are as follows:
Canada
USA and World Sightings:
Our friend Kenneth Speering from Fairfield, Texas saw the crescent at 6:19pm. Numerous other sightings can be found on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report.
Sightings relevant to 1/11/2016 are as follows:
Canada
Numerous friends of ours in the USA saw the crescent on 1/11/2016, and there are other world crescent sightings reported on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report and moonsighting.com. There is a difference between these southern sightings and us here in Canada, Y'shr'Al (Israel) and other northern regions of the world.
Sightings relevant to 12/13/2015 are as follows:
Canada
USA and World Sightings:
Numerous friends of ours in the USA saw the crescent on this date, and there are other world crescent sightings reported on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report and moonsighting.com.
Sightings relevant to 11/13/2015 are as follows:
Canada
USA and World Sightings:
Our friend Kenneth Speering in Fairfield, Texas saw the crescent at 5:40. Our friend in Dubai saw the crescent at the exact same time.
Canada
Our friend Kenneth Speering was able to see the crescent at 7:14pm in Fairfield, Texas.
See Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or moonsighting.com for evidence of sightings from numerous other areas of the world.
In this first moon cycle, we note the perfect bowl shape of the crescent marking the beginning of the year, in line with the barley that was found, which is the meaning of "Abib" or the "stalk/ear" of barley.
See Rich Lobert's New Moon Report or moonsighting.com.
Canada
No sighting on 6/28/2014. Crescent was seen on 6/29/2014 at 7:50pm.
Confirmed sightings on 6/28/2014:
Costa Rica and Jamaica via Rich Lobert's New Moon Report.
Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Zimbabwe from Muslim reports.
Canada
No sighting on 5/29/2014. On 5/30/2014, saw the crescent at 9:15pm.
Y'shr'Al (Israel)
4/30/2014
Crescent was seen by Yoel at 7:24pm from Y'shr'Al (Israel).
Sightings relevant to 3/31/2014 are as follows:
Canada
Crescent seen by 2 people at 8:05pm EST.
Yoel haLevi saw the crescent from Kiryat Ata at 7:25pm.
Marsyah Speller saw the crescent in Baltimore, MD at 7:54pm.
Virgin Islands (St. Croix) by 3 People
Costa Rica (Puriscal) Sighted by 2 people at 6:09 pm.
Florida (DeBary) Sighted by 3 people at 8:02 pm.
Jamaica (Montego Bay) Sighted by 3 people at 6:47 pm.
Missouri (St. Peters) Sighted by 2 people at 7:51 pm.
Tennessee (Oneida) Sighted by 2 people at 8:45 pm.
Virgin Islands (St. Croix) Sighted by 3 people at 7:00 pm.
Virginia (Blacksburg) Sighted by 1 person
Virginia (Winchester) Sighted by 1 person at 8:06 pm.
West Indies (Dominica)Sighted by 5 people starting at 6:39 pm.
It is claimed that on 3/12/2013, 2 people saw the crescent in North Carolina and 1 in Pennsylvania, more in Arizona, Arkansas, Texas and numerous other places of the States as seen on Rich Lobert's New Moon Report.
Emmett, Idaho. Sighting by Ruby Ellis. 3/12/2013.
According to muslim report, one person also saw it on 3/12/2013 in Orlando.
Other Places of the World
According to Rich Lobert, 1 person saw the crescent in Jamaica at 6:46pm, and another in Dominica, on 3/12/2013 Roman date.
Crescent seen by Sha'ul between 5:50-6pm EST. Stoney Creek, ON. 1/12/2013 Roman false date.
Canada
10/17/2012 Roman false date. Ontario. Beautiful crescent sighting, seen from 6:40-7:30pm Eastern time.
10/16/2012 Roman false date. Ontario. No sighting. We went from 6:20-7:30pm Eastern time to look for the crescent. It was a clear expanse and there were plenty of stars, much the same as was the case in Y'rush'lam (Jerusalem).
USA
10/17/2012 Roman false date. Sighting by Richard Costa at 6:18pm from Hegins, PA.
Y'shr'Al (Israel)
No sighting today, 10/16/2012 false Roman date.
Yisra'El (Israel)
Report is from Nehemiah Gordon.
He reports that 5 people saw the crescent around 5:30pm from Y'rush'layim (Jerusalem).
11/26/2011
Y'shra'Al (Israel)
Report comes from Nehemiah Gordon's Facebook page. Crescent was seen from Y'rushalayim (Jerusalem) at 4:48pm by 3 people. The crescent was also seen between 4:58 and 5:02pm. It was also seen in Ariel and Poriya Illit.
United States
Bradyville, Tennessee. 4 people saw the crescent at 4:48pm.
Cisco, Texas. 2 people saw the crescent at 5:22pm.
Debary, Florida. 4 people saw the crescent at 6:15pm.
Green Valley, Arizona. 1 person saw the crescent at 5:34pm.
Vanceboro, North Carolina. 1 person saw the crescent at 5:39pm.
Virginia. 4 people saw the crescent between 5:10 and 4:45pm.
Winder, Georgia. 5 people saw the crescent at 6:02pm.