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<p>In Avodah Digest V26#230, RnTK wrote:<br>
> However, see this picture that I found of the new moon apparently visible<br>
at dawn -- or perhaps this is just /before/ dawn and once the sun rises, the<br>
new moon will no longer be visible?<br>
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_http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/2009/05/sky-watch-new-moon-and-morning-sta<br>
r-2.html_<br>
(<a href="http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/2009/05/sky-watch-new-moon-and-morning-star-2.html">http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/2009/05/sky-watch-new-moon-and-morning-star-2.html</a>) <<br>
That's a pic of an _old_ (waning, or 3rd-quarter) moon...and the 'blogger corrected himself the day after RnTK's post. It was taken in the Northern Hemisphere, where one sees the left side of the moon when it's waning. <br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>