Challenge

Crescent observers who claim that they spotted a crescent moon before sunset or within 10 minutes after sunset should show proof with pictures. This means a picture of a crescent with the sun in it as well if it is before sunset. Digital cameras all now have time stamps to verify the time of the image, so we can also tell how long before or after sunset the image was taken.

If the crescent moon is not observed at places located west of the initial observer then it proves that the initial observation was incorrect.

When the sun rises in New York, every person sees it to the west of this. This is the same case with the crescent moon.

It is highly unlikely that only one or two observers will see the new crescent moon only to have it disappear for everyone else who is trying to see it from the same place or places west of them.