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Shalom Aleichem,

תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ
tiq’ú bakhódesh shofár bakkésseh l’yom khaggénu
Sound the shofar on the new moon, on the covering for our festival day.

Tehillim (Psalms) 81:4

The seventh new moon was visible September 12 in Israel and the United States. info

The seventh-month moedim are:

  • Yom Teruah: September 13
  • Yom Kippur: September 22
  • Sukkot: September 27 – October 3
  • Shmini Atzeret: October 4

The eighth new moon is expected to be visible in Israel on October 13, and possibly on October 12 in the United States.

Share your new moon reports.

May יהוה be with you,

Ya’aqov Meyer

Young Crescent Moon Visibility

Select your nearest city and a New Moon date, then adjust the sky conditions to explore your chances of spotting the delicate thin crescent on each of the first three evenings.

Quick select:
Atmospheric Conditions
Cloud Cover 20%
0% clear → 100% overcast
Location context
Map shown for geographic context only (marker at the selected city).
How to read the visibility rating
A Easily visible to the naked eye
B Visible naked eye under good conditions
C Visible naked eye, but requires effort
D Usually needs binoculars or a telescope
E Very difficult or not visible even with aid
Raw: pure astronomical prediction using the Yallop criterion at the city's location and time.
Effective: adjusted for the cloud cover and transparency you entered.
Age: hours since the exact moment of new moon (conjunction).
Q: model quality factor (higher generally indicates more favorable geometry).

Yallop criterion (clear-sky baseline). Atmospheric adjustment applied live in the browser. No astronomy is computed at runtime. Plugin v0.5.5