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    New-Moon Sighting Minimum Criteria

    (Pakistan Met Office)

    1. Moon Age > 31 Hours [Fair Chance] (see Fig. 1.1) (Or Age > 24 Hours [slight chance])
    2. Lag > 41 Minutes [Fair Chance] (see Fig. 1.1) (Or Lag < 41 Minutes [slight chance])
    3. Altitude > 10° (Khalid Shaukat)
    4. Elongation Angle > 8° (Danjon limit)
    5. Relative Azimuth (local/historic) – Data Not Available (publicly) for Pakistan

    USEFUL LINKS
    www.moonsighting.com
    http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islam_lunvis_main.htm

    Figure 1.1

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