Latest time for Kiddush L’vana this month is FRI, May 16th at 7:48am Israel Summer Time. That means that K.L. can be said all Thursday night. Interesting situation this month in North America (& elsewhere). Let’s use NYC as an example. (Adjust the times for your own locale.) Sof Zman Kiddush L’vana in New York is 12:48am Eastern Daylight Time, in the middle of the night between Thursday and Friday, May 15-16. And that would be the last time someone could say K.L. in NY. However, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse that night and the Moon will begin to enter the darker shadow of the Earth (umbra) at 10:03pm. From this time, the Moon will seem to diminish and therefore K.L. can no longer be said. Even though it doesn’t really diminish, it is our perception that is the determining factor. [The
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