The thin crescent moon or hilaal, that marks the start of the New Islamic Hijri Year 1442 or 1 Muharram 1442 AH has been sighted from many places on the evening of Wednesday, 19 August 2020 CE. Therefore, 1 Muharram 1442 AH corresponds to Thursday, 20 August 2020. Below is a photo of the crescent moon sighted in Dallas, US.
Another photo of the crescent moon as obtained by Central Hilal Committee of North America is below:
Yet another one came from Mount Tamalpais, California, USA.
Other moon sighting attempts from eastern part of the world have not produced any crescent moon photos so far.
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