The declaration of the start of 1 Dhul-Hijjah 1439 AH by Saudi Arabia stirred some controversies around muslim world. In its announcement, the Supreme Judicial Council of Saudi Arabia said that new crescent moon (hilaal) was sighted on the evening of Saturday, 11 August 2018. This ‘moon sighting’ report was used to declare that 1 […]
Based on the decision by the Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court yesterday, 1 Dhul-Hijjah 1439 AH starts on Sunday, 12 August 2018. It seems this decision was made based on the Ummul Qura Calendar used there for civil purposes and not based on rukyatul hilal or moon sighting report. There was no mention of moon sighting report […]
The month of Hajj 2018, islamic hijri month of Dhul-hijjah 1439 AH, is marked by the birth of the moon on Saturday, 11 August 2018 at 09:57 UT. In the evening of this day, the crescent moon (hilaal) of Dhul-hijjah 1439 would not be visible by naked eye from almost everywhere in the world. The […]
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On the last weekend of this month, July 2018, there will be a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse will be on the Friday/Saturday night, 27-28 July 2018. The total lunar eclipse will last about 103 minutes and is calculated to be the longest total lunar eclipse of this century (2001-2100). The eclipse will be visible […]
The crescent moon (hilaal) of 1 Shawwal 1439 AH has been sighted from many places on the evening of Thursday, 14 June 2018. Here are some photos of the crescent moon of Shawwal 1439 that signal the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration for muslims around the world. Shawwal 1439 AH Crescent Moon Photos
The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC – anic.org.au) has announced via its Facebook page that Eid-ul-Fitr, 1 Shawwal 1439 Hijri (AH) will be on Friday, 15 June 2018. The Grand Mufti of Australia, Sheikh Abdul Azim al-Afifi and respected imams of the Council, wished an Eid Mubarak to all muslims in the country. He also stated […]
The islamic month of Shawwal 1439 AH (hijri) is marked by moon’s conjunction on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC. This birth of the moon happens at night in major parts of the world. No moon sighting is expected on Wednesday. In the evening of Thursday, June 14, 2018, the hilaal (young crescent moon) will […]
As predicted with crescent moon visibility map for Ramadan 1439 AH, the crescent (hilaal) was only easily visible by naked eye on the evening of Wednesday, 16 May 2018. All photos of the Ramadan 1439 Hijri crescent moon below are from moon sighting effort from that time. There was a sighting report using telescope/binoculars aid […]