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THE NEW MOON IS NOT VISUALLY SIGHTED WITH THE EXILE CALENDAR
In Mishneh Torah Hilchot Kiddush HaChodesh (laws for sanctifying the new moon) 5:2 Moses Maimonides (Rambam) explains that the new moon is not visually sighted with the establishment of the fixed calendar and the actual new moon may vary from the fixed calendar.