Expected New Moons and Appointed Times for 2008

Listed below are the computations for 2008 for the expected dates of New Moon visibility from Jerusalem, as well as the moladim (i.e., average time of astronomical conjunction) of the Calculated Rabbinical Calendar (CRC). The difference between the dates for the two calendars is also noted.

The possible projected dates for the Eternal's Appointed Times for 2008 are given in the tables below the New Moon listings. There were two possible dates for the head of the year: March 9th and April 8th. The barley was not ready in March to declare the month of abib, thus the year commenced April 8th.

We will have no dates in common with the CRC-observant CoGs for the Holy Days this year.

PLEASE NOTE: The "Visible Crescents" column dates are the dates on which the New Moon is expected to be seen--beginning at sunset of the listed day. All dates listed are to be reckoned from sunset of listed day and date through the next day at sunset in the following New Moon table. [If the VISIBLE CRESCENT column lists Thursday, March 30, for example, then the 1st day of that month by crescent is from sunset of March 30 through sunset of March 31. If the CRC's MOLAD column lists Wednesday, March 29, then by CRC's molad, it is from sunset of March 29 through sunset of March 30.]

**2008/2009 New Moon and *Molad* Data**
New Moon	Illumination and Lagtime	Visible Crescents	Confirmation	*Molad*	CRC *Molad*	Difference
11th	1.37 % 55 min.	Wednesday, January 9	Heavy Clouds	11th	Monday, January 7	2 days
12th	2.58 % 87 min.	Friday, February 8	Sighted	12th	Wednesday, February 6	2 days
13th	1.22 % 57 min.	Saturday, March 8	Heavy Clouds	13th	Friday, March 7	1 day
1st	3.51 % 105 min.	Monday, April 7	Sighted	1st	Saturday, April 5	2 day
2nd	2.32 % 90 min.	Tuesday, May 6	Sighted	2nd	Monday, May 5	1 day
3rd	1.36 % 68 min.	Wednesday, June 4	Sighted	3rd	Thursday, June 3	1 day
4th	3.72 % 84 min.	Friday, July 4		4th	Thursday, July 3	1 day
5th	2.14 % 44 min.	Saturday, August 2		5th	Friday, August 1	1 day
6th	4.02 % 44 min.	Monday, September 1		6th	Sunday, August 31	1 day
7th	5.59 % 52 min.	Wednesday, October 1		7th	Monday, September 29	2 days
8th	2.76 % 37 min.	Thursday, October 30		8th	Wednesday, October 29	1 day
9th	3.31 % 70 min.	Saturday, November 29		9th	Thursday, November 27	2 days
10th	3.9 % 104 min.	Monday, December 29		10th	Saturday, December 27	2 days
11th	1.6 % 68 min.	Tuesday, January 27		11th	Sunday, January 25	2 days
12th	2.75 % 88 min.	Thursday, February 26		12th	Tuesday, February 24	2 days
1st	1.36 % 60 min.	Friday, March 27		1st	Wednesday, March 25	2 days

**2008 Appointed Times (April 7/8 New Year)**
Event	begins sunset of	ends sunset of
Passover	Sunday, April 20	Monday, April 21
Feast of Unleavens (1st day)	Monday, April 21	Tuesday, April 22
Elevation Sheaf Day (aka "wavesheaf")	Saturday, April 26	Sunday, April 27
Feast of Unleavens (7th day)	Sunday, April 27	Monday, April 28
Pentecost	Saturday, June 14	Sunday, June 15
Day of Shouting (aka "Trumpets")	Wednesday, October 1	Thursday, October 2
Day of Atonement	Friday, October 10	Saturday, October 11
Feast of Tabernacles (1st day)	Wednesday, October 15	Thursday, October 16
8th Day Assembly	Wednesday, October 22	Thursday, October 23

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* molad - The CRC, contrary to what some may think, is not based on first visibilty of the moon after conjunction--it is based on the "molad." The Hebrew word means "birth," but the term in rabbinical calculated calendar usage refers to the average conjunction of the earth, moon, and sun (average length being 29.53059 days). The molad may occur on the actual astronomical new moon, but the two terms are not interchangable. The molad may also occur upon the first day of crescent visibility, or yet within a few days on either side of it (as evidenced in the chart above).

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