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Early August New Moon Spotting


CentaurZ

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It’s nearly time for my monthly New Moon spotting challenge. I use the term New Moon in its classical sense of one’s first sighting of the Moon after its conjunction (Dark Moon) with the Sun. The first opportunity should come with the nearly one-day-old Moon after sunset on August 1st.

Photos and descriptions of the young crescent Moon this month would be welcome additions to this thread.

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Maybe not the best young Moon spotting opportunity for my latitude (53deg) as the Moon will only be 3 deg above the horizon after the Sun disappears the on the 1st of August!

I'll have wait for the ecliptic angle to increase to get within a couple of days of New Moon 

Hope someone bags it on the 1st and gets a picture. It's great fun looking for young Moons! :)

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