KARACHI: According to Met Off, the Shawwal moon can not be sighted today because of the astronomical reasons, Geo News reported Thursday.

Therefore, Shawwal One, 1431 AH should fall on Saturday. The moon crossed the conjunction line yesterday (Wednesday) at 1530 Pakistan Standard Time (PST).

The sunset today will be at 1843 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 1906 PST. The moon will set at 1911 PST.

Thus the age of the new moon will be 27 hours and 36 minutes at ECTL. It will set 28 minutes after sunset and five minutes after ECTL.

At sunset the moon will be at an altitude of five degrees and seven minutes and at an azimuth of 260 degrees and 47 minutes. At ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of zero degrees and 24 minutes.

It will be at an azimuth of 263 degrees and five minutes. The weather is cloudy.

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