This page will Insha'Allah track moon sighting across various countries and will be updated monthly with the current and next month's moon sighting details and information.
Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 Calculations:
Wifaqul Ulama Announcement for British Muslims:
Wifaqul Ulama urges Muslims in Britain to attempt to sight the Moon for Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 on the evening of Friday the 13th of July 2018. This will be the 29th of Shawwal 1439. Moon sighting results should be reported to Wifaqul Ulama, you can notify us via our Email, Twitter, Facebook or by calling +447956589613.
Astronomy for Muslim Children
Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 Sighting
United Kingdom, Morocco and South Africa:
New Moon Birth & Sighting on July 13, 2018
The Astronomical New Moon (conjunction) is on Friday July 13, 2018 at 02:49 UTC. Moonsighting is not possible anywhere.
Sighting on July 14, 2018
Easily visible in many parts of the world
Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 Announcements:
Start of Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 on June 14, 2018:
Disclaimer: The crescent for the new Islamic month is sighted on the 29th of each Islamic month. The 29th of an Islamic month differs. We record the sighting of the crescent on the 29th of each Islamic month according to local (Islamic) date. It is for this reason that you may see the Islamic month start on the same (date) in two different countries with a report of the crescent being sighted (in this case the previous month will have 29 days) or not sighted (in this case the previous month will have completed 30 days) or any combination thereof.
1 Turkey: Din Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü shows that ZİLKADE will start from Saturday, the 14th of June 2018.There is no Moon sighting at all.
2 Saudi Arabia: shows that Dhul-Qa’dah 1439 will start from Saturday, the 14th of June 2018.There is no Moon sighting announcement at all and this is based on Ummul-Qura Calendar.
Start of Shawwal 1439 on June 16, 2018:
Disclaimer: The crescent for the new Islamic month is sighted on the 29th of each Islamic month. The 29th of an Islamic month differs. We record the sighting of the crescent on the 29th of each Islamic month according to local (Islamic) date. It is for this reason that you may see the Islamic month start on the same (date) in two different countries with a report of the crescent being sighted (in this case the previous month will have 29 days) or not sighted (in this case the previous month will have completed 30 days) or any combination thereof.
1 United States: Awaiting news.
2 Canada: Awaiting news.
3 Chile: Awaiting news.
4 Guyana: Awaiting news.
5 Panama: Awaiting news.
6 Malaysia: Awaiting news.
7 Singapore: Awaiting news.
8 Indonesia: Awaiting news.
9 Oman: Awaiting news.
10 South Africa: Awaiting news.
11 Zambia: Awaiting news.
12 Malawi: Awaiting news.
13 Zimbabwe: Awaiting news.
14 Mozambique: Awaiting news.
15 United Kingdom: Awaiting news.
16 France: Awaiting news.
17 Italy: Awaiting news.
18 Morocco (Source 2): Awaiting News
19 Brunei: Awaiting news.
20 Nigeria: Awaiting News
21 Japan: Awaiting News
22 Sri Lanka: Awaiting news.
23 Australia: Awaiting news.
24 New Zealand: Awaiting news.
25 Fiji: Awaiting news.
26 Burma/Myanmar: Awaiting news.
27 (North) India: Awaiting news.
28 (South) India: Awaiting news.
29 Reunion: Awaiting news.
30 Pakistan: Awaiting news.