Foto bulan sabit (hilal) 1 Rabiul Awal 1442 H yg terlihat melalui teleskop dari Melaka, Malaysia (Balai Cerap Al Khawarizmi) pada petang hari Sabtu, 17 Oktober 2020 M.
Alhamdulillah, all praise be to Allah, that guides us entering the month of Rabiul Awwal 1442 AH. The new crescent moon (hilal) of 1 Rabi’ul Awwal 1442 AH has been seen through telescope from several locations in Indonesia and Malaysia. The moon sighting reports and photos of the crescent moon we received below are from the evening of Saturday, 18 October 2020 CE local times.
Therefore, 1 Rabi’ul Awwal 1442 AH corresponds to Ahad, 18 October 2020 CE based on global moon sighting.
[alert] See also Global Islamic Calendar for 2020 CE [/alert]
We received first photo of the crescent from Br. Achmad Junaidi from East Java, Indonesia. He captured the images of the hilal of Rabiul Awwal 1442 H through telescope and image processed 100 frames of pictures to reveal the very thin crescent moon.
Screen shot of the image processing to reveal the thin crescent moon photo image of 1 Rabiul Awwal 1442 AH as seen throug a telescope from Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia (Achmad Junaidi)
CCD image of crescent moon of 1 Rabiul Awwal 1442 AH taken through telescope from East Java, Indonesia (Achmad Junaidi)
Then we received news of more crescent moon sightings from Malaysia, also in the same evening of Saturday, 17 October 2020 CE. Here are several photos of the crescent moon (hilal) of 1 Rabiul Awwal 1442 AH from there.
Photo of the crescent moon of 1 Rabiul Awwal 1442 AH taken through telescope from Selangor, Malaysia (Hardi)
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