The Crescent Moon Photos for Islamic New Year 1436 AH

The Islamic New Year of 1436 AH has come with the sighting of the new crescent moon that marked the beginning of 1 Muharram 1436 AH. The first reported sighting was from the USA on the evening of 24 October 2014. The rest of the world saw the Muharram’s hilal on the following evening of Saturday, 25 October 2014.

Here are the photos of the Islamic New Year 1436 AH Crescent Moon

Crescent moon photo of Muharram 1436 AH seen from Indonesia on Saturday, 25 October 2014.

Crescent moon photo of Muharram 1436 AH seen from Indonesia on Saturday, 25 October 2014.

Crescent moon photo of Muharram 1436 AH seen from the USA on Friday, 24 October 2014.

Crescent moon photo of Muharram 1436 AH seen from the USA on Friday, 24 October 2014.

Crescent moon for Muharram 1436 seen in Saudi Arabia on the evening of Saturday, 25 October 2014.

Crescent moon for Muharram 1436 seen in Saudi Arabia on the evening of Saturday, 25 October 2014.

The first image of the crescent moon of Muharram 1436 AH was obtained from Oman by CCD imaging after sunset locat time as reported in the ICOP website:

CCD Image of the first crescent moon seen after sunset on the evening of Friday, 24 October 2014 in Oman.

CCD Image of the first crescent moon seen after sunset on the evening of Friday, 24 October 2014 in Oman.

Habib bin Hilal

Habib bin Hilal is Editor in Chief of this blog and manager of the website: Alhabib - Coloring with Islam.

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