وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The young crescent occulted the planet Mercury before noon on this day. I drove to the mountains to capture this rare event. Weather conditions were excellent, the sky was very blue without any halo around the sun. Despite being only 7° from the sun, the crescent was easy to capture with the imaging system and also mercury was easy. Alas, i had a small technical problem and only found the crescent a few minutes AFTER mercury had reappeared. As i could not stay till the evening to observe the crescent after sunset, this has to suffice. (Sadly, i forgot to bring the tools to try visual observation...)" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Wednesday, 14 November 2012 (29 Dhul Hijjah 1433 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Muharram after sunset. None of the groups were able to sight the Hilal, even though some places had clear sky conditions.

However, we  have received reliable sighting reports (Muhaqaq-Ruyat-Basari) from Jamiat-e-Ulama, South Africa.

Therefore, the Wifaq/Batley Ulama have decided that the month of Dhul Hijjah 1433 AH will have 29-days and the  month of Muharram 1434 AH will start from Thursday 15 November 2012, making Ashura on Saturday 24 November 2012, Insha-Allah. 

Happy Islamic New Year to all Muslims! :-)" 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "My friend and I arrived at our sighting location about 5:20 pm EST (sunset: 5:11 pm).  Using pairs of binoculars, we started scanning the west southwest horizon.  The horizon was mostly cloudy.  We stayed there till 5:55 pm (moonset: 6:00 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Wednesday: Nop 14, 2012 we tried to observe the hilal, but the new crescent of Muharram 1434 AH was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, PPMI Assalaam Surakarta Central Java Indonesia because rainy. We are about 50 persons from LP2IF RHI and BHR Pamekasan and also male and female students of CASA. The 1st of Muharram 1434 AH in Indonesia begins on Thursday Nop 15, 2012 according to the Imkan Rukyah Criterion.
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وقال عضو المشروع السيد ظفار شريف "The young crescent of 17hour 12minutes did pose a challenge for eight of us present. Only two of us could confirm binocular sighting at 6.40pm and 6.45pm. The same two did not see the crescent with naked eyes. 
We complete 30 days of Dhulhijja tomorrow." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد بلال بسباس "كنت ادرس وقت غروب الشمس فاستئذنت بعد 30 دقيقة من الغروب من الاستاذ. كان املي مقطوعا بان الهلال وبالفعل كانت السماء ملبدة بالسحب وبدا لي الجو مغبرا بسبب الريح.لكن اردت الرصد عملا بالسنة الشريفة.وفي وقت لاحق اعلن المفتي ان غدا 15 نوفمبر هو اول يوم من السنة الهجرية الجديدة." 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "The crescent was seen using a Telescope and with a CCD camera. The sky was hazy and also was thin white clouds  all over he sky horizons. Added by ICOP: The crescent was not seen by telescope, it was only seen by the CCD camera from 17:25 to 17:48 Local time. Sunset occurred at 17:30 LT. " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز أنيانج "Though the weather was clear, new crescent was not seen." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد يونس  يعقوب "I was at the observation site 10min before sunset time, I have tried sighting with (Bushnell Binoculars 7X50 119m at1000m)after sunset uptill 18:35 could not see the new crescent. Also phone all our usual contact persons but negative sighting report." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "very hazy not even displaying stars." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The crescent was very easy to see with the naked eye and was a beautiful sight. My two year old son pointed it out to me when we drove to the observation location. I tried to create a small video, which i might upload to youtube later." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قادر يوسل "I saw the moon clearly from airplane when we departed London Heathrow." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "It was an easy naked eye sighting." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Thursday, 15 Nov 2012 I and my son- Ahmad Abdus Salam Alfa Rasyid tried to observe the hilal after praying maghrib. And the new creacent of Muharram 1434 AH was SEEN on camera from my backyard in Bendo Ketitang Juwiring Klaten - Central Java Indonesia. The new Crescent was captured by DSLR even all sky was hazy. "I see the moon in camera...", my son (3 years old) said." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "Visibility report
Thursday November 15, 2012 (29 Zhj 1433 in Pakistan)
We easily sighted the moon countrywide. Also announced officially hence Friday is 1st Muharram 1434 in Pakistan. New year Mabrook" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز أنيانج "New crescent for Muharram 1434 AH was clearly seen high above the horizon and was seen by so many people." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد فردوس  مزلان "On Thursday, 15 th November 2012 M equal to 29 th Dhul-Hijjah 1433 H, I with my friend (Mr. Mohd Fahmi bin Zakaria, Mr. Nor Mohd Uzair bin Norsahperi, and Mr. Nor Ashraf bin Norsahperi, Mr. Nik Mohd Ridzuan, Mr. Muhammad Ishak bin Ahmad, Mr. Mohd Razib bin Mohd Aris, Mr. Mazli, Mr. Hazwan, Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim bin Jamil, Mr. Muhammad Zainal Abiden bin Mohamad Hani, Mr. Hazwan and his Wife) see the new moon using naked eye at Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia (01°28'00" N , 103°46' 00" E). So, tomorrow, 16 th November 2012 M (Friday) is the 1 st Muharram 1434 H. 

However, base on Calculation (Mutlaqan bil Hisab) our goverment already announced that 16 th November 2012 M (Friday) is the 2 nd Muharram 1434 H. 
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وقال عضو المشروع السيد صموال جبريل "The crescent was clearly and easily visible " 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "The crescent sighted today according to comparative monthly  observation reveals that it appeared on the western horizon yesterday." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد يونس  يعقوب "The new crescent was very conspicuous an seen by many all over the town" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز أنيانج "Waning crescent was very clear to see high above horizon (the point of the rising of the sun) " 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "The crescent was not seen today. However, it was seen yesterday at 5.43 a.m and set at 6.48 a.m. " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد جيم ستام "This was an attempt to sight the 9h 34m before new moon, at 4.2 degrees elongation, under extremely good conditions, from Mt. Lemmon near Tucson, AZ.  There was some haze, but it looked like I was near the top of the layer.  I am confident that aiming and focusing were precise, but there was no image to be seen.  The sky color through the eyepiece was better than at any other observation, except when John Policheck and I observed the first crescent seen below the Danjon Limit.  I have the impression that this observation showed that the lower limit for observing thin crescents is somewhat above the circumstances of the 13 Nov 2012 morning crescent.  If anyone is interested in the details of the prediction and circumstances of this observation, I can send a full report if requested from stammjim@gmail.com" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The old crescent of thulhijjah 1433 AH was seen from my backyard in Bendo Ketitang Juwiring Klaten on Tuesday, Nop 13, 2012 by binocular only. I saw the hilal for a moment @ 05.00 LT before the partly cloud covered the moon until sunrise @ 05.08 LT."