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Dear readers, in this post we will share some photos of the first crescent moon for the month of Jumadal Akhirah 1445 AH. As previously noted in our post: When does 1 Jumadal Akhirah 1445 start, the hilaal or crescent moon won’t be visible on the evening of Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023 for most part … Read more
The islamic new year, the year 1445 after hijra (1445 AH), is upon us. Some countries start 1 Muharram 1445 AH on Wednesday, some others on Thursday. Some started using calculated calendar, others after moon sighting. But here we have several photos of the crescent moon (hilal) of the islamic new year photographed on Tuesday … Read more
Alhamdulillah, as Ramadan reaches its end, muslims around the world was eagerly looking up the sky to sight the crescent moon of 1 Shawwal 1444 AH. While many positive reports of moon sighting were received from many muslim countries on the evening of Thursday, photo of the crescent moon of 1 Shawwal 1444 AH was … Read more
As the month of Ramadan 1444 AH is nearing, many muslims all over the world go out and scanning the sky to sight the first glimpse of the thin crescent moon that marks the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan. Most will be doing their moon sighting on Wednesday evening, 22 March 2023. Therefore … Read more
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 … Read more
The month of Hajj in the islamic calendar known as Dhul-Hijjah this year – 1443 AH – has been announced to start on Thursday, 30 June 2022 by the Saudi Arabia’s authority based on “claimed” sighting of the crescent moon in the region. However, there was no photo of the moon to back the statement. … Read more