Mr. Hocine Chikh Aissa said: "(5) persons tried to observe the new crescent. It was not seen by naked eyes , member of the club CHIKH AMMI SAID AMATEUR OF ASTRONOMIE. Jupiter and Meurcury were seen by naked eyes. 
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Mr. Usman Dukku said: "It was cloudy this evening in Bauchi, Nigeria, therefore we did not organise any sighting trip."

Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "Using binoculars, we tried sighting the crescent with no success.  The sky was very hazy and partly cloudy and soon after we arrived at the sighting location (before sunset), more clouds rolled in and made it impossible to do any sighting.  Weather permitting, tomorrow we will try again."

Mr. Jim Stamm said: "Location (WGS 84)     = Tucson, Arizona (USA),  Longitude = 110.9651 W, Latitude  =  32.4206 N, Elevation = 842 meters, Time Zone = -7.0 hours.

Surface conditions at location: Temperature =  22 °C,  Humidity    =  20 %, Pressure    =  29.82 in.

Banded clouds on the western horizon.

 Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”: Sunset (at sea level)   =  18:58, Moonset (at sea level)  =  19:32, Time from new moon at   19:13   =  14 hr. 39 min.  Moon lag time                   =         34 min.  Relative Altitude               =    6.7  degrees, Elongation from sun             =    7.4  degrees,   Crescent width                  =      8  arc seconds, Illumination                    =    0.4  percent. 

I was NOT able to see the crescent, even through a telescope.

The openings between the cloud bands may have been actually just lighter clouds.  Everything was set perfectly.

Observer:          Jim Stamm, E-mail Address:    StammJim@gmail.com"

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "Despite clouds and haze the 30h old crescent could be seen with the naked eye. The crescent formed a nice, wide group with the planets venus and merkury, though merkury was only seen with binoculars, due to the haze. The next days might bring a spectacular view of the crescent in colorful evening twilight with the dust from the recent volcano eruption on island."

Mr. Qamarudeen Muhammad said: "We attempted to sight the new Hilal of Jumadal Awwal on the  Thursday 15 2010 evening but it was not visible here in Lagos. In a phone chat with Amirul Lajinatul Hilal of Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria, it was confirmed that they were unable to sight New Hilal. Also in phone chat with Brother Simwal Jubril, he was not able to sight the new Hilal as result of overcast."

Mr. Alam Sultan said: "Not seen by us / easily seen by others. On my request, Today i.e. on Thursday 15 April 2010 (29 Rabee-uth-Thani 1431 in Pakistan) nearly two hundred persons (members of the moon sighting committees of our institute “Jamia-tur-Rasheed” + my friends + their companions) tried to sight the moon at nearly 25 places all over Pakistan and resultantly, Alhamdolillah, moon was seen at 3 places of Balochistan (Solo-Bulaidah, Pishokan & Jiwani) by 35 persons. 
 As it was nearly 8 to 9 degrees hazy in Karachi and many other cities were cloudy or very hazy hence moon was not sighted in those places. Weather was clear at some places but moon was not sighted there also. 
Note 1: Chairman of central official moon-sighting committee of Pakistan "Mufti Munee-bur-Rahman" told me on my mobile phone that as he also received the positive naked eye sighting from the official meteorological centers of Jiwani and Quetta hence he officially announced that Friday 16 April 2010 is the 1st Jumadal-oola 1431.
Note 2: After some days, inshaallah, a detailed report of this observation in Urdu will be available at www.esnips.com/web/moonnewsofjamiaturrasheed
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Mr. Saleh Al-Saab said: "The crescent is NOT seen on the previous day (14th)"

Mr. Ibrahima Lo said: "For the national committee of Hilal Sighting, Saturday 17 april will be 1 Jumadal awwal 1431."

Dr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim said: "We have now experienced 5 consecutive lunar months of 30 days each"

Mr. Zaffar Sheriff said: "Thick clouds sat on the horizon, which did not allow us to see the sun set into the horizon. Heavy haze, and scattered clouds over the western horizon prevented the 26hr plus crescent to be observed. Elongation at 13.4 and altitude 7.8 with duration of 37minutes."

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Thursday 15 April 2010 (29 Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the youngest crescent moon (Hilal) of Jumada Al-Awwal after sunset. Most places were overcast, but a few places were able to sight the 31 hours old Hilal between patchy clouds, starting from York Gliding Centre (Rufforth) at 21:00 hrs BST by naked eye and binoculars. The Hilal was also live webcasted from York to the Internet.

Therefore, the Ulama have decided that the month of Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH will have 29 days and the month of Jumada Al-Awwal (or Jumada Al-Ula) 1431 AH will start from Friday 16 April 2010, Insha-Allah. May Allah rewards all those who have tried to revive the Sunnah of moon sighting, this month.

The York (North Yorkshire) group of 15 observers comprised of the following people. From Batley: Maulana Hasib Mayet, Maulana Imran Lunat, Ismail Bhai Lunat and Vashiullah Ibn Bodiyat. From York: Moin Uddin and Qamar Uddin (also Shaykh Zubair Ahamad and Kurshid Anwar from Mosque). Members of York Astronomical Society included: Martin Whipp, Martin Dawson, Philip Holmes, Glen Berry, Martin Hall, Phil Holmes, John Rowlands and Andrew Lawson. From High Wycombe: Maulana Amir Aziz plus 7 others. From South London: Ayyub Kara. From Bangor (North Wales): Dr Ayad A. Mawla.


Note: We were not expecting to sight the Hilal in York due to the weather forecast being cloudy and the Icelandic volcanic dust on the UK horizon, hence our webcast was not publicised (or well prepared either!)."

Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "This evening, we sighted the crescent moon of Jumada-1 in Blacksburg, VA, first by using binoculars (7X50 and 10X50) and then by naked eye.  I arrived at the sighting location before sunset and left before moonset (moonset: 9:32 pm EDT).  The first binocular sighting was at 7:54 pm followed by the naked eye sighting at 7:58 pm.  The horns were at 4:30 and 7:00 O'clock (4:30;6:00;7:00).  At 8:00 pm, the temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and pressure were 69.8 F, 44.6 F, 40%, and 30.28 in, respectively.  The sky was hazy with a few lower clouds close to the western horizon."

Mr. Jim Stamm said: "Observed:   Tuesday; April 13, 2010  -  05:56 (Local)

Location (WGS 84)     = Tucson, Arizona (USA)
  Longitude = 110.9651 W
  Latitude  =  32.4206 N
  Elevation = 842 meters
  Time Zone = -7.0 hours

Surface conditions at location:
  Temperature =   9 °C
  Humidity    =  66 %
  Pressure    =  29.80 in.

  Only slight haze kept the sky from being very clear.

  Magnitude limit at 8.5 degrees altitude with 120 power
  in C-8 telescope, before onset of twilight   =  11.3

Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”:
  Moonrise (at sea level)  =  05:04
  Sunrise (at sea level)   =  05:52
  Time from new moon at   05:56   =  22 hr. 38 min.
  Moon lag time                   =         48 min.
  Relative Altitude               =    9.7  degrees
  Elongation from sun             =   11.7  degrees
  Crescent width                  =     19  arc seconds
  Illumination                    =    1.0  percent

Crescent first observed through 8” SC telescope:
  Time   =   05:56
  Moon Altitude  =   08.5 degrees

Final observation with telescope:
  Time   =   06:06
  Moon Altitude  =   10.8 degrees

What a surprise!  I was expecting to maybe see the crescent by naked eye, certainly through the finder, but neither.  I barely saw it through the 8 inch.  I had to tap the scope to confirm that I had the crescent. I watched it on and off for 10 minutes, tapping to enhance the image.  I finally lost it while playing with the focus.


Observer:         Jim Stamm
E-mail Address:   StammJim@gmail.com"

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "The eastern horizon before sunrise was cloudy today and yesterday. The waning crescent of Rabi-ul Thani 1431 AH was not seen from York (UK)."