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The new moon for Dzul-Hijja 1437 AH (anno hegira, hijri year) or astronomical conjunction will be on Thursday, 1 September 2016, at 9:03 UTC. The crescent moon or hilaal would be difficult to be sighted on the evening on that Thursday any where in the world. The crescent should be sighted easily all over the … Read more
The moon conjunction that marks the end of month Ramadan 1437 AH is on Monday, 4 July 2016 at 11:01 UTC. At the evening of this date the crescent moon would not be visible from major parts of the world. Therefore, it is very likely that Eid ul Fitr, 1 Shawwal 1437 AH will be … Read more
On the evening of Saturday, 7 May 2016, crescent moon (hilal) that marks the beginning of hijri month of Sha’ban 1437 AH has been sighted by several parties in Indonesia. One of the team was able to photograph the crescent that was seen through a telescope. Below is the photo of the Sha’ban 1437 AH … Read more
The crescent moon (hilaal) of Safar 1437 AH have been sighted and photographed in many places around the world on the evening of Thursday, 12 November 2015. Therefore, 1 Safar 1437 AH starts on Friday, 13 November 2015, globally. The observations were consistent with the predicted sightings as calculated from the crescent moon visibility map … Read more
The crescent moon (hilaal) that marks the begining of hijri month of Shawwal 1436 AH was first sighted on the evening of Thursday, 16 July 2015 from Chile and Colombia. The crescent moon was only sighted by optical aids and not visible by naked eyes. This sighting was consistent with the visibility map of Shawal … Read more