Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "We did a nice family trip in the evening to see the young crescent of 2. June, trying to get out from under a large and fast moving cloud front. After driving 140km, we found a gap in the clouds, where we could see the sun and enough sky above it. While trying to quickly setup the equipment we encountered some problems with the power supply. This took several minutes to resolve and when we finally got the first look at the correct position in the sky the rushing cloud front had approched again and just covered the spot. Having left the highway earlier, we had no chance of chasing that gap in the clouds further, so we had to accept defeat for this evening. Some food and drink and playing with the kids eased the disappointment and we even got home before midnight."

Eng. Gerhard Ahmad  Kaufmann said: "Lying already a little outside the Yallop D area and with a sunset-moonset lag time of only 49 minutes, only absolutely perfect conditions would have offered a slight chance to observe the crescent. Although the atmosphere was very clear (30% rH, visibility range 70 km), the sky at the western horizon was pervaded with thin cloud layers up to an altitude of 8-10 degrees. This caused a very spectacular orange sunset, but of course completely destroyed any chance to observe the crescent. Nothing could be seen of it."

Mr. Milad Ali Ershaghi said: "On Thursday, June 2, 2011 I tried to look for the new moon of 
Rajab from Bergen, Norway between 11:30pm and 11:44pm - as 
sunset was at 10:50pm and moonset was at 11:44pm. The sky was 
completely overcast and I was unable to see the moon."

Mr. Saleh Al-Saab said: "The altitude  of the crescent was around (7) degrees at sunset in most of the kingdom but the weather generally was partly cloudy or dusty all over. It was not seen by any telescope . "

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Thursday 2 June 2011 (29 Jumada Al-Ukhra 1432 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Rajab after sunset. None of the groups were able to sight the Hilal, even though most places had absolutely superb clear sky conditions (see attached photos).  SMS received from Morocco stated negative sighting.

Therefore, the Ulama have decided that the month of Jumada Al-Ukhra 1432 AH will complete 30 days and the month of Rajab 1432 AH will start from Saturday 4 June 2011, Insha-Allah."

Eng. Mohammad Rahman said: "We (5 persons) tried to see the moon but the crescent moon was not seen with bare eyes."

Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "This evening (Thursday, June 02, 2011), because of a mostly cloudy western horizon in Blacksburg, VA, the crescent of the month of Rajab was not sighted.  My son and I arrived at the sighting location at 8:18 pm (sunset: 8:36 pm EDT) and looked for the crescent in the clear patches in the west/northwest horizon; I was using a pair of binoculars (7x50).  We left at 9:14 pm (moonset: 9:35 pm EDT).  At 8:55 pm, the temperature, relative humidity, and pressure were 21 C, 56%, and 1023 mbar, respectively."

Dr. Hussain Dashti said: "Today, June 2nd 2011, I was able to sight the crescent from Gainesville, Florida. The sky was partially cloudy, thus, I was only able to see it with a 10X50 binocular before it disappeared behind the clouds. In addition, smoke filled the air, that might be due to farms burning in the area, which made sighting the crescent more difficult. "

Mr. Afroz Ali said: "The crescent was sighted in numerous locations around Australia."

Mr. ABM Ruhul Hassan said: "The crescent was seen just at sunset time. The sky was clear "

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "The crescent could easily be seen with naked eye after sunset.
Also some hours earlier in daytime with a small telescope."

Mr. Abdul-Aziz Anyang said: "Sorry for the late reporting.  We had cloudy weather on Thursday June 2nd and Friday June 3rd.  I had a  late call  (Saturday June 4th) from Mohammed in the Northern region of Ghana and he confirmed that he and some members in the community saw it for the first time on Friday June 3rd and as he speaks to me, it is clearly up in the sky (ie on the evening of Saturday June 4th). The greater Accra region due to very cloudy and rainy weather had not witness it since its appearance on the evening of Friday June 4th. "

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Friday 3 June 2011 (30 Jumada Al-Ukhra 1432 AH) many people from throughout UK have been able to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Rajab after sunset. A large group of observers from York Astronomical Society Observatory were easily able to sight the Hilal by naked eye soon after sunset at 21:35 hrs BST (see attached photos). 

The above group comprised of Maulana Imran Lunat, Vashiullah Bodiyat, Abubakr Mulla and Yusuf Mulla, all from Batley. From York, Maulana Yusuf Mota, Qamar Uddin, Yusuf Foster and about 15 astronomers (following a fortnightly astronomy seminar).

The UK Ulama (including Wifaq and Batley) have already decided yesterday to start the month of Rajab from Saturday 4 June 2011 by completing the month of Jumada Al-Ukhra 1432 AH as 30 days, Insha-Allah."

Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "The crescent was seen very easily."

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "Weather conditions were very bad this morning, so the crescent could not be observed before sunrise. Some 4 hours later, we still had very much haze and cloud cover. It took almost 30 minutes to find a temporary gap in the clouds to see Venus. As i had no hope of seeing the crescent visually under these conditions, i used the imaging system to dig it out of the clouds. After some minutes of waiting, clouds and haze allowed the imaging system a short peek at the crescent, before more clouds covered it again. The resulting image is quite unsightly as a result of these conditions. "

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "The eastern horizon before sunrise was fairly clear with some patches of clouds, but the waning crescent was not seen from York."