وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The crescent was very interesting due to the small elongation and good position above the horizon. We had clouds on the western horizon, so i had to travel to find a clear spot. The elevator in our block had broken down, so i had to carry all my stuff down 6 flights of stairs. This took longer than expected. Due to heavy traffic i could not drive in the best direction to get away from the clouds. After arriving at a spot i set up quickly and could align the instrument on the sun. I could find mercury easily, but the crescent was already behind thin clouds. I tracked the position for another 40 minutes, but the gaps did not move in the required positions to be able to see the crescent." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "The Rajab hilal was not seen  in Dammam or anywhere in the country on  Tuesday 29 April 2014.  Nb. This report was sent from a mobile phone." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد جيم ستام "New Moon Crescent Observation Report
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Observed:   Tuesday; April 29, 2014  -  19:15 (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 =  21 °C
   Humidity    =  12 %
   Pressure    =  29.94 in.

   Only slight haze kept the sky from being perfect.

Topocentric and local time values from “Accurate Times”:
   Sunset  (at sea level)  =  19:09
   Moonset (at sea level)  =  19:51
   Time from new moon at   19:15   =  19 hr. 23 min.
   Moon lag time                   =         43 min.
   Relative Altitude               =    8.3  degrees
   Elongation from sun             =    9.7  degrees
   Crescent width                  =     13  arc seconds
   Illumination                    =    0.7  percent

Crescent first observed through 8” SC telescope:
   Time   =   19:15 
   Moon Altitude  =   5.2 degrees

Crescent first observed through 9x50 finder:
   Time   =   19:21 
   Moon Altitude  =   4.0 degrees

Final observation with telescope:
   Time   =   19:30 
   Moon Altitude  =   2.3 degrees, into trees

Final observation with 9x50 finder:
   Time   =   19.30 
   Moon Altitude  =   2.3 degrees, into trees


The telescope was pre-pointed, but the crescent was not seen until after sunset.  It exhibited about 20 degrees of arc length, and that grew steadily to about 50 degrees, with the thickness of the crescent varying somewhat.

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

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جون كالدويل "Difficult but definite in binoculars.  Tried several times by eye but definitely not visible by eye.  Slightly dusty looking low down in last few degrees of altitude." 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "We did not see the Crescent Moon. The weather was fine, some clouds and haziness. " 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد المغربي "تمت محاولة تحري الهلال في كل من طرابلس بنغازي سبها ولم تترؤيته ولكن تحققت المعاير التي وضعتها دار الإفتاء وهي مكث الهلال أكثر من 20 دقيقة وبعده أكثر من 5 درجات عن الشمس وفي هذه الحالة يوم 30/4/2014 هو غرة شهر رجب والله الموفق ." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد عبدالكريم "كانت السماء صافية جدا ولكن لم أوفق في رؤية الهلال." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور عبدالستار  محمد خضر "تمت محاولة رؤية الهلال بوساطة التلسكوب (بتوجيه يدوي)  ابتداء من التاسعة صباحا يوم الأربعاء 30 نيسان 2014
ولم نتمكن من مشاهدته الا قبل غروب الشمس بخمسة دقائق
علما كان الجو صاف نسبيا ولكن من خلال التلسكوب ظهرت كثيرا من الغيوم الخفيفة والعوالق 
وخلال هذه الفترة تم  التأكد من توجيه التلسكوب وذلك برصد المشتري والزهرة والشعرى اليمانية 
حيث تم رصد الزهرة بحدود الحادية عشر صباحا والمشتري بحدود الثانية عشرة والشعرى اليمانية  بحدود الرابعة عصرا
علما تم محاولة رصد الشعرى الشامية ولم نتمكن من مشاهدتها ( القدر 0.48)
وتمت مشاهدة الهلال قبل غروب الشمس بحوالي 5 دقائق بواسطة التلسكوب 
وتمت المشاهدة بالعين المجردة بعد ذلك بعشرة دقائق
والصور المرفقة مثبت علها التاريخ والساعة  
حيث ثلاثة منها ليوم 30 نيسان 2014 
والرابعة ليوم الخميس 1 أيار 2014 حيث كانت ظروف الرؤية مقاربة لليوم السابق" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The crescent was easily seen with the naked eye, despite some clouds and haze. We had to drive for 20 km to get away from local clouds. My second son joined me and was happy to see "papas moon" but he did not like the cool wind and urged that we drive home after first sighting." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Wednesday 30 April 2014, a group of people tried to sight the Hilal of Rajab 1435 AH, but it was not seen as the western horizon was totally cloudy (see photo).

Note that none of the official Hilal Committees were able to sight the Hilal of Rajab anywhere in the country yesterday (29 April 2014) either. 

The published Ummul Qura calendar dates are pre-calculated for civil purposes and does *not* match the actual visibility of the moon, as mentioned on the official website (www.ummulqura.org.sa/president_address.aspx) and as witnessed by all official Hilal committees." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد ميلاد إرشاقي "Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim

As salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.

Alhamdulillah I saw by naked eye the new crescent moon of Rajab just outside of Al Noor Masjid (6443 Prestwood Dr, Houston, Texas, 77081, USA) at coordinates of approximately 29.717819 latitude and -95.493871 longitude on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 between 8:20pm and 8:25pm. After sighting the moon by eye, I took a few pictures with my phone to document the sighting. May Allah shower us with His blessings this month of Rajab. Ameen

Milad

--- Details of Sighting ---

Exact location: Al Noor Masjid, 6443 Prestwood Dr, Houston, Texas, 77081, USA. 
Latitude = 29.717819
Longitude: -95.493871

Exact time: 8:20pm - 8:25pm

Location of the moon: An azimuth of approximately 290 degrees.

Orientation of the moon: The tips were approximately at 3 o'clock and 7 o'clock (see attached photos).

Number of adult witnesses: At least three adult witness (myself, and two other men who witnessed the crescent as well)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "I and my students of CASA|Club Astronomi Santri Assalaam tried to observe the new crescent of Rajab 1435 AH on Wednesday 30 April 2014 from Assalaam Observatory Sukoharjo-Surakarta Central Java Indonesia. The crescent was not sighted because the west horizon was totally cloudy.

My friends from Al-Buruj Observatory Kudus Central Java (Mr. Joko Prasetyo) and mr. Mutoha Arkanuddin from Jogja Astro Club Observatory could see the crescent after sunset.

" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين  جانقربانی "Mr. Hossein Janghorbani said: “In the name of God”
Rajab Crescent Observation Report
Astronomy and Geophysics Center of Shahreza – The Crescent Association of Shahreza
Report by: Hossein Janghorbani (Najm-al-Sepehr) – Manager of Shahreza Crescent Association and Red Crescent’s Astronomy and Geophysics Center
Date: Monday, 04/30/2014
Location: Damzad foothills in the East of Shahreza (latitude: 32 00 N, longitude: 51 52 E, elevation: 1850m from sea level, time zone: +4.5 GMT)
Equipments: two sets of 15*70, one sets of 20*90 binoculars, one sets 20*80 binocular, one compass.
Atmospheric condition: cloudy in western horizon.
Horizon obstacles: about 2°
Apparent sunset: Not Seen
Results: The crescent moon was not seen because of the clouds in the western horizon.
Observers:
1 - Zahra Fallahi 2 - Zahra Parsania 3 - Maedeh Imanpour 4 - Roya Ghermezi
 5 - Zinat Ghermezi 6 – Ziba Haffar 7 - Roshanak Sahba 8 - Saba Sahba 9 - Saghar Sahba 10 - Fatemeh Tavakoli 11 - Narges Shahnazari 12 - Narjes Zare 13 - Raziyeh Aligholi 14 - Mohadeseh Alinezhad 15 - Narjes Aligholi 16 - Mahsa Khajeh, 17 - Maryam Fallahzadeh 18 - Bahareh Soodaei 19 - Zahra Farokhpoor 20 - Hussein Janghorbani 21 - Ali Janghorbani 22 - Reza Janghorbani 23 - Abulfazl Kahangi 24 - Alireza Mojiri 25 - Masoud gholampour 26 - Sayed Muslem Rezvani 27 - Mohammad Javad Nick Eqhbal 28 - Tayebeh Shafiei 29 - Askar Khoshnood 30 - Mustafa Nikbakht 31 - Hamed Bozorg Omid 32 - Ali Hussein Poorya Moazzam 33 - Milad Shirvani 34 - Ebrahim Shokoohi 35 - Omid Arami 36 - Bahman GHosi 37 - Ali Rahmani 38 - Reza Soltani 39 - Yousef Jahangiri Far 40 - Davood Ladoni 41 - Faramarz Moussa Pour 42 - Ghasem Kamali 43 - Hedayat Rostampour
" 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "This crescent was observed at early morning Wednesday, 30 April at 08:44 AM, (04:44 UT). Sighting of this crescent at day time is only for educational purposes." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ايوب علي باتيل "we used a canon Digital slr  550d with uv filer camera" 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "totally cloudy with no window of opportunity to sight the crescent." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Monday, 28 April 2014 I was on Astrophotograph Workshop with Mr. Thierry Legault at Alana Hotel Surabaya East Java Indonesia. We tried to align the telescop at night, but the sky was partly cloudy. The old crescent of Jumadal Tsaniyah 1435 AH was NOT SIGHTED until sunrise. On event with Mr. Thierry Legault we tried to observe the crescent by ccd. And we got the picture after processing. This crescent was seen at daytime and only for astrophotograh education.
" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The crescent was NOT SEEN on Tuesday, 29 April 2014 because  it will be a Solar Eclipse across south area of Indonesia.

We are from CASA|Club Astronomi Santri Assalaam, tried to observe the Solar Eclipse  on Teleng Ria Beach of Pacitan East Java. We got the nice picture of the Partial Solar Eclipse."