Venus was visible at daytime | Crescent observation was done by members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam |
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In the absence of clouds, I could have sighted Venus much earlier even with naked eye as I did last evening at 8:29 pm | Syawal 1442H new moon not sighted in Brunei today |
In fact, that is exactly what happened; my first binocular sighting was at 9:01 pm followed by naked eye sighting a minute later.
22With prior knowledge of the approximate position of the moon in the sky according to Stellarium software and the actual observation of Venus during the past two days, using a pair of binoculars 7X50 , I started looking for the planet in small clearings | The moon at daytime was captured by mr |
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Hari Sumarsono from YMPIS, and ustadzah Namik, ustadzah Sirikit Eko Usdiani and ustadzah Mujiningsih as teachers at PPMI Assalaam | The first optical aided sighting of Venus was at 8:35 pm |
The sky was totally hazy.
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