The New Moon was sighted from Israel this evening, Tuesday, May 31, 2022! * From Jerusalem (Old City) at 8:06pm by Chris Guenther. * From Jerusalem (Jaffa gate) at 8:12pm by Yoel Halevi. * From Jerusalem (Rechavia) at 8:15pm by Tchiya Jenkins, followed by three others. This means that sunset on May 31, 2022 marks […]
Today, MAY 31 is the 29th day of the 2nd month and it is the first day the first sliver of the new moon could possibly be visible to the naked eye in Israel. Therefore, observers in Israel will be looking for the Renewed Moon of the 3rd month around sunset (7:39pm IDT / 12:39pm […]
About every 2,250 years, the Vernal Equinox changes from one of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac to the next Sign. The astronomical term for this event is the Precession of the Equinox. The last time this occurred was in 68 BCE, when the Vernal Equinox passed from the Sign Aries to the Sign Pisces. […]
There will be a very close conjunction of the planets Jupiter (Zedek) and Mars (Adom) between the constellations Pisces (the Two Houses of Israel) and Cetus (the Beast from Sea), in the early morning (about forty-five minutes before sunrise) on May 29. See the charts below from the May 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope, […]
Greetings to all former subscribers to the Biblical Astronomy newsletters and to all subscribers to Biblical Astronomy.org as well as to all newcomers who are interested in this subject. It has been nearly nine years since I posted my last newsletter in June 2013. I have been going through some physical struggles which for medical […]