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We, at Moonsighting.com, calculate where the crescent sighting is possible for every lunar month.
Visibility of the crescent moon is calculated using the criteria, developed after decades of research by Khalid Shaukat. Development of the criteria included several thousand authentic observations, collected over a period of 150 years in different locations of the world. These visibility calculations jive with the observations every month since 1993.
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Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW) membership is growing. Its members from different parts of the world report observations regarding moonsighting every month. These are individuals who try to observe the crescent moon, because they understand the importance of moonsighting.
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Click here to see the details of sightings, for Shawwal
False Sighting Reports for Ramadan on August 10 from Birmingham, UK (Jamiatul Ulama Britain, Darul Uloom Bury, Hizbul Ulama UK):
Click to read Simple facts: Sunset was 8:50pm; Moonset was 8:35pm that was before sunset. Sighting was done after 9:00pm. What an absurdity! (by Jamiatul Ulama Britain, Darul Uloom Bury, Hizbul Ulama UK)
 This book shatters the myth that naked-eye sighting of the new moon and completing 30 days in the case of weather-related or other obscurities are the only two valid methods of determining the month of Ramadan. The author explains that certainty, not actual sighting, is the real objective of the Shari'ah and that the Qur'an does not mandate physical sighting. A careful analysis shows that those hadiths that seemingly require sighting actually require certainty. The assertion that all Muslim scholars prohibit the use of astronomical calculations, both in affirming or negating the month of Ramadan, is not correct. As calculation is now more accurate than naked-eye sighting, due to certain astronomical and scientific advancements, the use of calculation is the closest to the real objective of the Shari'ah and to the spirit of the hadiths. [Paperback ISBN-10: 1-56564-334-8]
A Fiqhi Discussion in a Book by Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah.
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Note for all viewers regarding this web site:
This is an advisory and consultation website, for use by Islamic organizations, Mosques, and Hilal Committees in deciding the start of Islamic months based on possibility of crescent sighting. This website is not in the business of making, implementing or dictating decisions on the start of Islamic months. It also reports actual sighting info from all over the world as they are received.
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