وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "The sky was mostly clear with some clouds in the southwest.  I arrived at my sighting location (Blacksburg Middle School) at 4:49 pm EST (sunset: 5:15 pm).  Using a couple of binoculars  (7X50 and 10X50), I started scanning the crescent expected area.  Venus was seen by naked eye immediately after being sighted by a pair of binoculars at 4:59 pm.  Eventually, I had to look for the crescent in a region covered by thin clouds.  I continued searching for the crescent till moonset with no success (moonset: 5:56 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جون كالدويل "Sky was clear.  Moon in binoculars was invisible until
quite late, and then only visible for a few minutes.
It was absolutely seen by binoculars, but it was not
standing out much from the surrounding sky brightness.
Venus was helpful for pointing and focus (which however
were good anyway).  Tried visual for about 3 minutes." 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "Atmospheric conditions were good, however, the crescent was not sighted." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد المغربي "تمت محاولة تحري الهلال طوال اليوم بواسطة المنظار وبواسطة تقنية التصوير الفلكي. ولم تتم رؤية الهلال. مع العلم بأن السماء كانت صافية." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قمر الدين محمد "It was cloudy and report from lagos environ indicated that it was raining at the time of sunset" 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور عثمان النافطي "Sky on the western horizon was clear though slightly cloudy. The crescent was not seen." 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور ياسين  بورتاس "Since Melilla is in the North of Africa and it is a fairly little city (13km2) when the sky is covered we rely on observations made either in Morocco or the Spanish Peninsula, therefore, since the Moon was sighted in Morocco and the Spanish Peninsula on Thursday January 2nd, and being for us the 29th day of the month of Safar, the official first day of Rabi Awwal 1435 is January the 3rd, 2014, wa Allahu 'alam." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد عودة "Easily visible by naked eye. AOD=0.24" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس جيرهارد أحمد  كوفمان "After a rainy and overcast day, the sky had cleared up partly when I drove south from Frankfurt to my hometown in the evening, and for more than half an hour I could spot a delicate and crisp crescent trailing bright Venus on its descent to the horizon - a great view. The dark face of the moon was nicely lit by earth shine." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The weather was bad all day but there was hope for some gaps in the clouds in the evening. I rushed to the observatory at sunset and sat on the roof for 30 minutes waiting for the easy crescent to get low enough to shine through a thin gap in the clouds. Planet venus appeared first and was visible for just a few minutes, allowing to point the foto-lens in the right direction and focus properly. 10 minutes after venus had vanished the lunar crescent appeared in the gap and was visible for 10 minutes, drifting behind thin bands of clouds. This simple crescent was well visible to the naked eye." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Thursday, 2 January 2014 (29 Safar 1435 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Rabi-ul Awwal after sunset. Some of the groups were able to sight the Hilal, even though many places had cloudy sky conditions.

Therefore, the Wifaq/Batley Ulama have decided that the month of Safar 1435 AH will have 29-days and the  month of Rabi-ul Awwal 1435 AH will start from Friday 3 January 2014, Insha-Allah.
 
PS.
A short video of the Rabi-ul Awwal 1435 Hilal was also recorded at York AS Observatory after the group sightings (see YouTube link and attached photos). www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbp7M8o95w (2 mins)
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وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Thursday, January 02, 2014 I and my two friends: ust. Devi Fajar Hidayah and ust. Syafruddin Maulana tried to observe the new moon of Rabi'ul Awal 1435 AH from Assalaam Observatory, Pabelan Kartasura Sukoharjo-Surakarta Central Java Indonesia. The sky was cloudy but we could see the sun between the pacthes  of clouds. After sunset we tried to see the moon, but it was NOT SEEN untill the moonset even by telescope." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين  جانقربانی "Mr. Hossein Janghorbani said: "In the name of God"
The report of observation of the Rabee Awal crescent on Thursday 2014/01/2 from The Astronomy and Geophysics center of Shahreza – The crescent association of Shahreza .
 Reporter : Hossein Janghorbani (Najomosepehr) - The Manager of the crescent association of shahreza city and the Manager of the red crescent Astronomy and Geophysics center
The members of the Astronomy and Geophysics center of Shahreza red crescent with Supervisor Mr. Hossein Janghorbani on Thursday afternoon 2014/01/2 went to the Damzad area Located on the East of Shahreza (latitudinal : 32  00 N  . longitudinal : 51  52 E  . The height from the sea level 1825m. The time zone: 3.5 ) for the observation of the Rabee Awal crescent.
The equipment's :
 two sets of the binoculars 15*70 and Two Sets of the binoculars 20*90 and Two set of the binoculars 7*42 and Three Sets of the binoculars 7*35 and one set of compass.
The atmospheric qualification: 
The presence of the dust in the Western horizon.
The obstacles of the horizon : about 1.5 
The false sunset of the sun: 16:49 pm
Result:
 In the time of 16:28 the Venus planet have been observed by the binoculars 20*90 and the binoculars 15*70. In the time of 16:49 simultaneous of false sunset of the sun the crescent of Moon have been observed by Mr. Hossein Janghorbani with a binoculars 15*70 in the dusts and so by other members of groups with  binoculars and eye. 
The names of the observers :
1-Mohammad Javad Nikeghbal 2- Javad Amiri  3- Sayed Aboalfazl Kahangi 4- Hossein Janghorbani 5-Ali Janghorbani 6- Reza Janghorbani 7- Mohadeseh Alinejad 8-Ziba Hafar 9-Zahra Farokhpuor 10-Mahsa Khajeh 11-Saba Sahba 12-Roshanak Sahba 13-Zahra Fallahi 14- Narjes Zare 15- Fatemeh Tavakoli." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد نولار باري "Today 29th.of Safar1435H.(2/01/2014) evening Colombo western sky was cloudy I tried to observe the Hilaal of Rabi al Awwal just after mahrrib salah at about 6:15PM till 7;PM even with my binocular  I couldn't trace a thing. Here in Colombo the Sunset was at 6:06PM. & moonset was at 7:09PM. However our Hilaal Committee have received some positive naked eye sighting from southwest town Bentota and northwest town Puttalam. Hence our Colombo Grand Mosque Hilaal Committee declared to start the month of Rabi al Awwal 1435H.on Friday 3rd. January 2014. In Sha Allah .        " 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "The atmospheric condition was good and Crescent Moon was sighted easily both by the naked eyes and also by the usage of CCD + Telescope." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "The crescent was seen at Khawarizmi Obervatory at Tg. Bidara
after sunset by binocular then by teleskop and naked eye." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور عثمان النافطي "The western horizon was quite cloudy, I almost lost hope of seing the crescent.  Luckily after Maghrib prayer the portion where the crescent was became clear and we were able to see it quite easily.  Alhamdu Lillah." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس علي مجيد الحجري "كانت الرؤيا جدا سهلة لهلال اخر شهر صفر لهذا العام" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The old crescent moon was observed from the bavarian / austrian alps, at 1430m near the Sudelfeld. The crescent was 29 hours before conjunction and was easily seen with the naked eye.
Only moderate amounts of snow and ice covered the south side of the local mountains, so that i could easily walk the 400m of height to the observation point. I was actually scouting for a good location to observe the morning crescent of 2014-01-01, which would be far more difficult.

I created a video of the crescent images i had taken:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZdC7isjVI" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 the weather was rainy, the old crescent of shafar 1435 AH was not seen from Bendo Ketitang Juwiring Klaten Central Java Indonesia." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "I tried to see the old crescent of Shafar 1435 AH on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 from my village at  Bendo Ketitang Juwiring Klaten Central Java Indonesia; but it was NOT SEEN because the east sky was totally cloudy."