[steveegg]

new moon: 15:23 EST, Jan. 2nd

then it would still be New Years here in the US wouldn't it?

Er, nope. It would be 3:23 pm 1/2/2003 in New York, 2:23 pm 1/2/2003 in Chicago, so on and so forth.

[Domestic Church]

How early does the almost new moon set on the 1st of Jan in Baghdad?