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Kiddush Levana: Women
Women do not say kiddush levana.
Kiddush Levana: Minyan
You do not need a minyan to say kiddush levana.
Kiddush Levana: When To Say: Shabbat
You may say kiddush levana on Shabbat, if needed.
Examples
  • Shabbat is the last possible night that month to say kiddush levana.
  • The forecast is for clouds for the other nights until it will be too late that month to say kiddush levana.
 
Note On Shabbat, say only the blessing of kiddush levana, not the psalms or other phrases (psukim).
Kiddush Levana: When To Say: When No Dark
At the high latitudes, you may say kiddush levana during any season when the sky gets dark but not during seasons when the sky does not get dark.
Kiddush Levana: When To Say: Night
You may say kiddush levana (blessing on the new moon) only at night, after dark/tzeit ha'kochavim.
Kiddush Levana: When To Say: Molad
Although the traditional time to say kiddush levana is after Shabbat, you may say kiddush levana from the third day (three periods of 24 hours) after the molad until 14 days and 18 hours after the molad.  Ideal is after seven 24-hour periods.
Kiddush Levana: What To See: How Clear the Moon
You do not need to see the moon completely clearly in order to say kiddush levana, but you must be able to see the outline of the moon.
Women: Kiddush Levana
For women and kiddush levana, see Kiddush Levana: Women.
 
Shabbat: Kiddush: Standing or Sitting
Various customs apply to whether to stand or sit during kiddush (or havdala). Follow your tradition.
Diluting Kiddush Wine
There is no need to dilute wine before drinking it.
Ideal Kiddush Beverage: Wine/Grape Juice
Wine (or grape juice) is the ideal and proper beverage for kiddush (and havdala).
Reason Wine is considered to be a prestigious beverage. 
 
Shabbat: Kiddush: Requirements
To do Shabbat kiddush,
  • Say, or hear, the Shabbat kiddush blessings/segments, and
  • “Establish a meal” (kovei'a se'uda).
For details, see How To Do Shabbat Evening Kiddush  or How To Do Shabbat Daytime Kiddush.
NoteThere is never any requirement on an indvidual to drink kiddush wine (except at the Passover seder), but the kiddush wine must be drunk by one or more persons.
Passover Kiddush
Passover, like all Jewish festivals, is differentiated from weekdays by saying kiddush.
 
Ideal Kiddush Beverage: Wine/Grape Juice
Wine (or grape juice) is the ideal and proper beverage for kiddush (and havdala).
Reason It is considered to be a prestigious beverage.
Women: Making Kiddush
For women's obligation to make or hear Shabbat kiddush, see Shabbat: Kiddush: Who May Make.