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.
Sha‘bān 1442 Calculations:
Wifaqul Ulama Announcement for British Muslims:
Wifaqul Ulama urges Muslims in Britain to attempt to sight the Moon for Sha‘bān 1442 on the evening of Saturday the 13th of March 2021. This will be the 29th of Rajab 1442. Moon sighting results should be reported to Wifaqul Ulama, you can notify us via our Email, Twitter, Facebook or by calling +447956589613.
How to sight the Moon?
Sha‘bān 1442 Sighting
New Moon Birth & Sighting on March 13, 2021
The Astronomical New Moon (conjunction) is on Thursday March 13, 2021 at 10:23. Moonsighting is not possible anywhere on Earth by the Naked eye.
Sighting on March 14, 2021
Easily Visible in most parts of the world.
Sha‘bān 1442 1441 Announcements:
Start of Sha‘bān 1442 on March 15, 2020
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 Australia: Awaiting News
2 Bangladesh: Awaiting News
3 Brunei: Awaiting News
4 Burma/Myanmar: Awaiting News
5 Canada: Awaiting News
6 Chile: Awaiting News
7 Columbia: Awaiting News
8 Egypt: Awaiting News
9 Fiji Island: Awaiting News
10 France: Awaiting News
11 Grenada: Awaiting News
12 Guyana: Awaiting News
13 (North) India: Awaiting News
14 (South) India: Awaiting News
15 Indonesia: Awaiting News
16 Italy: Awaiting News
17 Japan: Awaiting news.
18 Kenya: Awaiting News
19 Malawi: Awaiting News
20 Malaysia: Awaiting News
21 Morocco (Source 2): Awaiting News
22 Mozambique: Awaiting News
23 New Zealand: Awaiting News
24 Nigeria: Awaiting News
25 Oman: Awaiting News
26 Pakistan: Awaiting News
27 Panama: Awaiting News
28 Reunion: Awaiting News
29 Saudi Arabia: Start of Sha‘bān 1442 on 15 March 2021 according to Ummul-Qura Calendar. There is no Moonsigting announcement and a predertmined calendar is followed.
30 South Africa: Awaiting News
31 Singapore: Awaiting News
32 Sudan: Awaiting News
33 Spain: Awaiting News
34 Sri Lanka: Awaiting News
35 Surinam: Awaiting News
36 Trinidad: Awaiting News
37 Turkey: Din Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü shows start of Sha‘bān 1442 on 15 March 2021. There is no Moonsigting announcement and a predertmined calendar is followed.
38 United Kingdom: Awaiting News
39 United States Awaiting News
40 Zimbabwe: Awaiting News
41 Zambia: Awaiting News