The following diagrams show the visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. The unshaded areas indicate regions from which the Moon cannot be seen. The Moon becomes more easily visible from the regions of increasing colour intensity i.e. the Moon will be seen easily from the regions shown in red. The near vertical blue lines show the age of the Moon at the so-called "best time" of observation. The following diagram shows the visibility of the new crescent Moon on 2009 July 22. The second diagram is for 2009 July 23 and exhibits more shaded regions than those found in the map for 2009 July 22. Consequently, a larger fraction of the surface of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease. The third diagram is for 2009 July 24 and is almost totally shaded in red. The majority of the Earth will be able to observe the crescent Moon with ease. Global Visibility Maps for previous months Several requests have been received suggesting that we make available the global visibility maps for previous new crescent moons. The following table contains links to the visibility maps (in pdf format) for the first three days of each lunation since the Moon Watch project started in October 2005. Lunation Number Date of New Moon Date of New Moon +1 day Date of New Moon +2 days 1024 2005 October 03 2005 October 04 2005 October 05 1025 2005 November 02 2005 November 03 2005 November 04 1026 2005 December 01 2005 December 02 2005 December 03 1027 2005 December 31 2006 January 01 2006 January 02 1028 2006 January 29 2006 January 30 2006 January 31 1029 2006 February 28 2006 March 01 2006 March 02 1030 2006 March 29 2006 March 30 2006 March 31 1031 2006 April 27 2006 April 28 2006 April 29 1032 2006 May 27 2006 May 28 2006 May 29 1033 2006 June 25 2006 June 26 2006 June 27 1034 2006 July 25 2006 July 26 2006 July 27 1035 2006 August 23 2006 August 24 2006 August 25 1036 2006 September 22 2006 September 23 2006 September 24 1037 2006 October 22 2006 October 23 2006 October 24 1038 2006 November 20 2006 November 21 2006 November 22 1039 2006 December 20 2006 December 21 2006 December 22 1040 2007 January 19 2007 January 20 2007 January 21 1041 2007 February 17 2007 February 18 2007 February 19 1042 2007 March 19 2007 March 20 2007 March 21 1043 2007 April 17 2007 April 18 2007 April 19 1044 2007 May 16 2007 May 17 2007 May 18 1045 2007 June 15 2007 June 16 2007 June 17 1046 2007 July 14 2007 July 15 2007 July 16 1047 2007 August 12 2007 August 13 2007 August 14 1048 2007 September 11 2007 September 12 2007 September 13 1049 2007 October 11 2007 October 12 2007 October 13 1050 2007 November 09 2007 November 10 2007 November 11 1051 2007 December 09 2007 December 10 2007 December 11 1052 2008 January 08 2008 January 09 2008 January 10 1053 2008 February 07 2008 February 08 2008 February 09 1054 2008 March 07 2008 March 08 2008 March 09 1055 2008 April 06 2008 April 07 2008 April 08 1056 2008 May 05 2008 May 06 2008 May 07 1057 2008 June 03 2008 June 04 2008 June 05 1058 2008 July 03 2008 July 04 2008 July 05 1059 2008 August 01 2008 August 02 2008 August 03 1060 2008 August 30 2008 August 31 2008 September 01 1061 2008 September 29 2008 September 30 2008 October 01 1062 2008 October 28 2008 October 29 2008 October 30 1063 2008 November 27 2008 November 28 2008 November 29 1064 2008 December 27 2008 December 28 2008 December 29 1065 2009 January 26 2009 January 27 2009 January 28 1066 2009 February 25 2009 February 26 2009 February 27 1067 2009 March 26 2009 March 27 2009 March 28 1068 2009 April 25 2009 April 26 2009 April 27 1069 2009 May 24 2009 May 25 2009 May 26 1070 2009 June 22 2009 June 23 2009 June 24