The beginning of the month of Shawal in Islam is a festive day of breaking the whole month of fasting in Ramadan and called Eid-ul-Fitr. This year, the crescent moon of Shawal should be easily visible in some parts of… Continue Reading
The month of Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic Calendar. The coming ‘Islamic New Year‘, 1 Muharram 1443 AH is marked by the moon conjunction on Ahad, 8 August 2021 at 13:50 UTC. However, the crescent moon or hilal… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Below are several photos of the first crescent moon (hilaal) of the islamic month of Sha’ban 1442 AH. Positive reports of sighting as well as photos of the crescent moon of 1 Sha’ban 1442 AH were received from Australia, on… Continue Reading
As predicted from Crescent Moon Visibility Map for Jumadal Akhirah 1442 AH (see HilalMap above), on Wednesday evening, 13 January 2021, the very thin crescent moon was sighted from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Esmeralda Sosa took a picture of the… Continue Reading
The month of Ramadan 1441 AH is marked by the geocentric conjunction of the moon on Thursday, 23 April 2020 at 02:25 UT. There will be a chance to see the crescent moon (hilaal) from the American continent on Thursday… Continue Reading
