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| | Sir Robert Anderson |
 | | Notice that March 14, 445 BC, in the Julian calendar is March 9 in the Gregorian calendar, and the Julian Day number for that date is 1558960. |
 | | If the new moon occurred at 7:09 AM on March 13, 445 BC, as he supposed, the new crescent would not be old enough and large enough and far enough away from the setting sun by that evening to be seen. |
 | | To be more specific, March 14, 445 BC, was in the middle of the 5th year of a sabbatical cycle, and April 6, 32 AD, was in the middle of the 5th year of a sabbatical cycle. |
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