وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين الشيخ عيسى "I was tried to observe the Jumada II 1430 crescent. The crescent was not seen. 
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وقال عضو المشروع السيد بندر البطحي "The weather conditions were very bad for sighting. The sky was cloudy and dusty." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد صالح الصعب "The crescent was 6.5 degrees above the horizon at sunset , but the weather was not helping.
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وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Friday 14 May 2010 (29 Jumada Al-Awwal 1431 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the youngest crescent moon (Hilal) of Jumada Al-Thani after sunset. Most places were cloudy and none of the groups were able to sight the 19 hours old Hilal by naked eye, binoculars or telescopes. We have not received any reliable sighting news from any countries from East of UK either.

Therefore, the Ulama have decided that the month of Jumada Al-Awwal 1431 AH will complete 30 days and the month of Jumada Al-Thani (or Jumada Al-Akhir) 1431 AH will start from Sunday 16 May 2010, Insha-Allah. May Allah rewards all those who have attempted to revive the Sunnah of moon sighting, this month.

The Sutton Bank  (Thirsk, North Yorkshire) group of 18 observers comprised of the following people. From Batley: Maulana Hasib Mayet & son Yusuf Mayet, Maulana Imran Lunat, Vaishullah Bodiyat, Yusuf Kayat, Nazir Bhana, Ismail Patel and Suleman Motala; From York: Qamar Uddin, Paul Buglass, Martin Dawson, Glen Berry, Garath Verney, Martin Whipp, Martin Hall, Phil Jennings and his two parents.

Note that the Sutton Bank group also live webcasted the observation efforts to the Internet (see attached photos)." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "This evening (Friday, May 14, 2010), due to the presence of much haze and clouds in the western horizon in Blacksburg, VA, no detailed sighting was attempted.
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وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "On my request, nearly 300 persons (members of the moon-sighting committees of our institute "JAMIA-TUR-RASHEED" + my friends + their companions) tried to sight the moon at more than 28 places all over Pakistan but the moon could not be sighted, as it was astronomically expected tonight. It was almost clear today countrywide.
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 did not receive any positive report countrywide therefore he announced officially that Saturday 15 May is 30th Jumadal-oola and Sunday 16 May 2010 is 1st Juma-dath-thaniah 1431 in Pakistan.  
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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وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "1'st day of Jamdii Akhir 1431 begins on 15 May 2010." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين الشيخ عيسى " (12) persons were present in N'tissa station and have tried to observe the Jumada II 1431 crescent ,the  crescent was seen. They have arrived at the station in the sunset 19:34 exactly and seen the crescent in this time by the naked eyes and by two binoculars: 50x07 and 50x10."." " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز  بشير "A lot of people saw the new crescent here in Garoowe. Sunday 16 May 2010 is the first day of Jumadulthani 1431H." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Saturday 15 May 2010, I was able to see the crescent moon (Hilal) using binoculars at about 21:05 BST (GMT+1) and then easily by naked eye after about 10 minutes from York (UK). Many people from other parts of UK also reported sighting the Hilal by naked eye soon after sunset. Note that I also practised live webcast of the Hilal observation to the Internet (see photo), although we had already decided the month of Jumada Al-Thani 1431 AH will start from Sunday 16 May 2010, the day before (i.e. by completing the month as 30 days)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "Alhamdolillah, We easily sighted the moon in Karachi and in many parts of country, as it was expected tonight astronomically. I requested many persons (members of the moon-sighting committees of our institute "JAMIA-TUR-RASHEED" + my friends + their companions) all over Pakistan to sight the moon. Many hundred Persons easily sighted the moon in all 4 provinces. It was almost clear today countrywide.
Note : 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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وقال عضو المشروع السيد كهيم حسين "The crescent to commence the month of Jumaadath Thaanii was CONFIRMED SIGHTED by all our committees in Trinidad and Tobago. It was also reported sighted in Barbados and Grenada. The sky was clear and the moon was clearly visible. The first night of the month is the night of Saturday 15th May 2010 and the 1st day is the day of Sunday 16th May 2010. 
(Mufti) Kahiam Hosein on behalf of Darul Uloom Trinidad and Tobago Moonsighting Committee" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد ظفار شريف "The sighting was confirmed at 6.16pm, just three minutes after sunset." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "The hilal was seen from my observatory with naked eyes at Jasin Melaka. The images was taken with Meade telescope LX200 8" and canon EOS 50D. The western sky was partly cloudy." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قمر الدين محمد "I couldn't get any information regarding the start of month of Jumdal Thanii from any source." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "I have tried to sight the waning crescent of Jumada Al-Awwal on both 12 and 13 May 2010 mornings before sunrise, but it was not seen. The horizon was totally cloudy on both days." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد جيم ستام "Old Moon Crescent Observation Report
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Observed:   Thursday; May 13, 2010  -  05:27 (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    =  40 %
   Pressure    =  29.83 in.

Light, thin bands of clouds around the sky.

   Magnitude limit at 5.7 degrees altitude with 120 power
   in C-8 telescope, before onset of twilight   =  11.2

Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”:
   Moonrise (at sea level)  =  04:47
   Sunrise  (at sea level)  =  05:22
   Time from new moon at   05:27   =  14 hr. 19 min.
   Moon lag time                   =         35 min.
   Relative Altitude               =    6.5  degrees
   Elongation from sun             =    6.9  degrees
   Crescent width                  =      7  arc seconds
   Illumination                    =   0.36  percent

I was NOT able to see the crescent, even through a telescope.  I believe that I might have seen it from Mt. Lemmon, but I wanted to test the possibility that a higher pointed altitude might be more advantageous than elevation, even though I would experience more scattered light.  I believe that the conditions were good enough to eliminate that possibility for this time.  However, this shoud be an area for further study.


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