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 of the Muharram month will not be visible on that evening for most part of …
The thin crescent moon or hilaal, that marks the start of the New Islamic Hijri Year 1442 or 1 Muharram 1442 AH has been sighted from many places on the evening of Wednesday, 19 August 2020 CE. Therefore, 1 Muharram 1442 AH corresponds to Thursday, 20 August 2020. Below is a photo of the crescent …
The Islamic New Year 1441 AH crescent moon has been sighted on the evening of Saturday, 31 August 2019 from many places. One of the first reports was from Indonesia. As suggested by the crescent moon visibility map for 1 Muharam 1441 AH, naked-eye sighting is only expected from the Pacific Ocean in the evening …