A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem... Last opportunity for Kiddush L'vana in any given month is the midpoint between the molad of that month and the molad of the following month. Since the calculations are based on average time between moladot, we consider the midpoint (called the NIGUD, opposition, full moon) to be 14 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes after the molad. This month, it comes out to be 1:25am in the wee hours of Friday, Feb. 6th. So one can still say K.L. on Thursday night until that time. Also remember, that this time adjusts for location. This means that the last op for K.L. in NY, for example, is 6:25pm on Thursday evening. And on the west coast, the deadline is 3:25pm, which means that the last op for K.L. in San Francisco, for example, is Wednesday night. And so it goes, from place to place. [The
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