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Crescent New Moon Sighting Report:Second Biblical Month / April-May 2014
As of April 30, 2014 6:00pm CT

Global Observation: Israel Observation:
Expected: Wednesday evening, 30th April, 2014
New Guinea
Expected: Wednesday evening, 30th April, 2014
Reported:
30th April

Australia, India

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Reported:
30th April @ 7:27pm IST
Karaite Korner


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CURRENT MOON

"...at the beginning of your renewed 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) derived from Chadash (Strong's 2318) meaning "renew"

New Moon Crescent:

The second new moon of the Aviv barley was first confirmed in Australia on Wednesday evening, April 30th. There was one report found from Arizona the previous evening, but there were no secondary witnesses. Israel-based reports were also first made on Wednesday evening, April 30th.




Australia

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


...The Next Expected Crescent Moon Sighting (3rd Month):

The best conditions for first seeing the third new moon of the Aviv barley will likely take place around Liberia on Thursday evening, May 29th, with greater chance of visibility and eyewitness reports coming from the Americas. Israel-based observers will be waiting until the following evening.

Liberia?

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


Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ http://astro.ukho.gov.uk



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

For 2014, the Aviv barley searches in the Fertile Crescent found no positive conclusions until prior to the new moon of March 31st, first reported from Israel. Therefore, the 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 then follows that the Seventh New Moon of 2014 will first be seen on Thursday evening, September 25th with first sightings around Australia. This new moon will mark the arrival of the Fall Festivals on the following dates for all locations worldwide. There is a possibility, however, that those following the restrictive Israel-based observation calendar method will be delayed by one additional day depending on sighting conditions. Dates listed below are based on a Global Trumpet Call (all days begin at sundown the evening before date posted):

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



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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