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Crescent New Moon Sighting Report:Ninth Biblical Month / November - December 2013
As of November 4, 2013 11:00am CT

Global Observation: Israel Observation:
Expected: Monday evening, 4th November, 2013
Indonesia
Possible: Monday evening, 4th December, 2013
Reported:
4th November
W. Australia/Mauritius

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Reported Unseen:
4th November
:Karaite Korner

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"...at the beginning of your new moons*, you shall blow the trumpets" - Numbers 10:10
*Orig. month; "New moon" & "month" are cognates of Hebrew word Chodesh or Hadesekem (Strong's 2320)

The ninth new moon crescent of the Aviv year has first reports from West Australia (at 7:21pm Perth time) followed by secondary reports from Mauritius (at 6:31pm local time - just east of Madagascar) on Monday evening, November 4th. This would place Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey and points westward to begin the month based on trumpet calls. Israel-based observers, however, had only one report with the use of binoculars - all other witnesses reported cloud cover and were unable to confirm.

Confirmed

Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org

Confirmed

Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org


...The Next Expected Crescent Moon Sighting (10th Month):

The following new moon crescent will be the 10th month and is possible to be reported from South Africa with more definitive reports coming from the Americas on Tuesday evening, December 3rd. Israel should not have any local reports until Wednesday evening, December 4th.



Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org



Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org



Expected Observation Dates of Biblical Festivals 2014:
All dates may vary based upon actual visual confirmation/trumpet call of the new crescent moon & availability of Aviv barley within the region of the Promised Land

Looking forward to 2014, the Aviv barley searches in the Fertile Crescent region will begin prior to the New Moon expected on March 1st. It is expected that Aviv barley will not be found and that a 13th month will be proclaimed. This would place the first day of the Aviv New Moon in late March (which is expected on the evening of March 31st starting in Israel). Therefore, the expected Annual Festival Dates will be as follows (all days begin at sundown the evening before date posted):

^ - Regions east of Israel will observe the following date (based on global trumpet call)
# Based on barley within Promised Land (Israel) region
* High Day of Convocation (no regular work)

It would then be assumed that the Seventh New Moon of 2014 will first be seen in Australia on Thursday evening, September 25th, marking the arrival of the Fall Festivals on the following dates for all locations worldwide excluding Israel which is expected to have a one-day delay for those following a restricted observation (all days begin at sundown the evening before date posted):

^ - Dates based on a global trumpet call (Israel-based observers will keep the following date)
* High Day of Convocation (no regular work)

Stay tuned for Aviv reports in 2014 for any confirmations/reports.



If you would like to provide future reports, I welcome anyone to serve as witnesses to the sighting of the new moon crescent by submitting your sighting via e-mail. Together, as Yah's people, we can all be of one accord with the blowing of a trumpet to communicate to all of His people when the new moon has occurred (Numbers 10:10). We also attempt to post our own sightings and in a timely manner.


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For more information regarding the Biblical Calendar: Research Paper - Mathematical Bias of the Biblical Calendar (Revised) - by Shawn Richardson

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