The following diagrams show the global visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. These diagrams are based on the current model for predicting the visibility of the crescent moon using the Yallop criterion described in HMNAO Technical Note No. 69. Within the area of purple diagonal striping (if shown), the new crescent moon cannot be seen as the instant of new moon has not yet occurred. The moon sets before the Sun within the area of the peach-coloured shading (if shown). The unshaded area, F, indicates the region from which the new crescent moon cannot be seen — the thickness of the crescent is too thin to be seen i.e. it is beyond the Danjon limit. In the dark blue shaded area, E, the new crescent moon is not visible with a telescope and in the pale blue shaded area, D, optical aid of some sort will be needed to see the new crescent moon. In the pale yellow coloured area, C, you may need optical aid of some sort to find the new crescent moon initially. In the yellow shaded area, B, the new crescent moon should be visible under excellent atmospheric conditions with the naked eye and finally, in the red shaded area, A, the new crescent moon should be easily visible with the naked eye. The near vertical curved lines labelled 0, 2, 4, 6 etc., show the age of the moon in hours at the "best time" of observation, defined in HMNAO Technical Note No. 69 as 4/9 of the time difference between sunset and moonset or the time of sunset plus 4/9 of the "lag time". The instant of new moon is given below the diagram. The age of the moon at its first visibility with a telescope and also with the naked eye are given below the diagram where appropriate. A key describing the annotation and shading is given beneath each diagram. The following diagram shows the visibility of the new crescent Moon on 2020 October 16. The second diagram is for 2020 October 17 and exhibits more shaded regions than those found in the map for 2020 October 16. Consequently, a larger fraction of the surface of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease. The third diagram is for 2020 October 18 and is almost totally shaded in red. The majority of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease. Those regions outside the red zone will have to wait until the following day to make their sightings. Global Visibility Maps for previous months Several requests have been received suggesting that we make available the global visibility maps for previous new crescent moons. The following table contains links to the visibility maps (in pdf format) for the first three days of each lunation from January 1990 to the latest new moon. You will see a thumbnail of the visibility map if you move your cursor over the links. Clicking on a specific link will bring up a pdf version of the relevant visibility map. You may need to do a "rotate clockwise" on it to re-orientate the pdf file horizontally. Links following a in the table below indicate dates on which Ramadan may start i.e. a naked-eye sighting of the new crescent moon may be possible under excellent conditions. Similarly, links following a indicate dates on which Ramadan may end.   Year     Lunation Number Date of New Moon Date of New Moon +1 day Date of New Moon +2 days 1990 830 1990 January 26 1990 January 27 1990 January 28   831 1990 February 25 1990 February 26 1990 February 27   832 1990 March 26 1990 March 27 1990 March 28   833 1990 April 25 1990 April 26 1990 April 27   834 1990 May 24 1990 May 25 1990 May 26   835 1990 June 22 1990 June 23 1990 June 24   836 1990 July 22 1990 July 23 1990 July 24   837 1990 August 20 1990 August 21 1990 August 22   838 1990 September 19 1990 September 20 1990 September 21   839 1990 October 18 1990 October 19 1990 October 20   840 1990 November 17 1990 November 18 1990 November 19   841 1990 December 17 1990 December 18 1990 December 19   1991 842 1991 January 15 1991 January 16 1991 January 17   843 1991 February 14 1991 February 15 1991 February 16   844 1991 March 16 1991 March 17 1991 March 18   845 1991 April 14 1991 April 15 1991 April 16   846 1991 May 14 1991 May 15 1991 May 16   847 1991 June 12 1991 June 13 1991 June 14   848 1991 July 11 1991 July 12 1991 July 13   849 1991 August 10 1991 August 11 1991 August 12   850 1991 September 08 1991 September 09 1991 September 10   851 1991 October 07 1991 October 08 1991 October 09   852 1991 November 06 1991 November 07 1991 November 08   853 1991 December 06 1991 December 07 1991 December 08   1992 854 1992 January 04 1992 January 05 1992 January 06   855 1992 February 03 1992 February 04 1992 February 05   856 1992 March 04 1992 March 05 1992 March 06   857 1992 April 03 1992 April 04 1992 April 05   858 1992 May 02 1992 May 03 1992 May 04   859 1992 June 01 1992 June 02 1992 June 03   860 1992 June 30 1992 July 01 1992 July 02   861 1992 July 29 1992 July 30 1992 July 31   862 1992 August 28 1992 August 29 1992 August 30   863 1992 September 26 1992 September 27 1992 September 28   864 1992 October 25 1992 October 26 1992 October 27   865 1992 November 24 1992 November 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August 21   1209 2020 September 17 2020 September 18 2020 September 19 Further information on the visibility of the new crescent moon for a specific location can be found on our Websurf 2.0 site by selecting the Crescent Moon Visibility option from the menu of options.