Assessment and review of modern lunar crescent visibility criterion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2024
Abstract
The lunar crescent visibility criterion study is one of the most nontrivial discussions in the field of astronomy. A lunar crescent visibility criterion is used for calendrical determination, and a different lunar crescent visibility criterion results in different dates of calendar. This paper endeavors to provide an assessment for modern lunar crescent visibility criterion using swarm plot analysis, contradiction rate analysis, and regression analysis, based on 8290 collected data of lunar crescent sighting. The result analysis provides new comparative insight on modern lunar crescent visibility criterion, and suggest a new criterion based on the data of lunar crescent sighting.
Keywords
Assessment, Lunar crescent, Visibility criterion, Database: Contradiction rate, Descriptive statistics, Regression analysis
Divisions
DeptofFiqhUsul,MathematicalSciences,PHYSICS
Funders
Universiti Malaya (IIRG002D-19FNW); (RMF0068-2021); (UMG004L-2022); (IIRG002A- 19FNW)
Publication Title
Icarus
Volume
412
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher Location
525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA