The New Crescent Society, which is organizing the Greenwich event with the Royal Observatory, is hoping moon sighting will become fully established in Britain and be used by mosques.

Watch for the day-and-a-half old moon to appear low in the west shortly after sunset tonight. Binoculars will more clearly show the moon's complete outline. Direct sunlight illuminates the crescent. Sunlight reflected from Earth faintly lights the rest of ...

You might already know that roughly a quarter of the world’s population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers’ dawn-to-sunset abstinence of food and liquids. What you might not ...

The crescent moon will this weekend look fabulous as it retreats towards Monday's total solar eclipse. Everyone in North America will be watching the moon—or, at least, its silhouette—on Monday, April 8, as a solar eclipse comes to the continent.

Ramadan Moon Sighting 2026 LIVE Updates: According to the media reports, Ramadan in 2026 is expected to begin on the evening of Tuesday, February 17, 2026, with the first fast likely on Wednesday, February 18,

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