The evening of Sunday, 22 January 2023 CE will be the day of moon sighting (rukyatul hilal or rukyet-e hilal) for some of us who keep the islamic calendar in harmony with the moon cycles. Hopefully, the moon will be sighted some where on the globe this evening and we can have some photos of […]
Below is a collection of photos of the crescent moon (hilaal) for the islamic month of Jumadal Ula 1444 AH. The crescent moon photos below were taken on the evening of Thursday, 24 November 2022 making the first day of the month, 1 Jumadal Ula 1444 AH falls on Friday, 25 November 2022 based on […]
The young crescent moon that marks the start of the islamic month of Rabiul Awwal 1444 AH should be visible by naked eye on the evening of Monday, 26 Sep 2022 from South America as predicted using crescent moon visibility map. Nevertheles, there were “claimed” naked-eye sightings from Indonesia as reported by one of the […]
The start of the Islamic New Year 1444 AH has been confirmed by the appearance and sighting of the first crescent moon of Muharram 1444 AH from around the world. Below is a collection of the crescent moon (hilaal) photos taken from moon sighting events around the world on the evening of Friday, 29 July […]
The first crescent moon (hilaal) of the islamic month Dhulqa’dah 1443 AH were seen around the world on the evening of Tuesday, 31 May 2022. First report of crecent moon sighting was received from Australia and New Zealand where the moon were not visible there. Then positive sightings were received from Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and […]
Below are a few photos the crescent moon (hilaal) that marks the beginning of the islamic month of Zulhijjah 1442 AH. The crescent moon photos below were taken on the evening of Saturday, 10 July 2021. Therefore, based on global moon sighting, the pilgrimage or hajj month, 1 Dzulhijjah 1442 AH corresponds to Ahad, 11 […]