وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "I tried to capture the young crescent for three hours before noon (already after conjunction), but the weather made it impossible. Though the sun was shining we had billowing clouds and lots of cirrus. The skies were of milky white color and that is not good enough to image the crescent only 5 degrees from the sun. The weather conditions will not get better today and the moon will set 15 minutes before the sun anyway.
Luckily i could capture the ISS passing directly in front of the sun one hour later, so i had some feeling of success anyway." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عثمان دوكو "I did not try sighting the crescent since it set before the sun. However tomorrow, Tuesday 9th July has been declared the beginning of Ramadan in Germany by the Council of Ulama.  " 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس ثامر مسعود "الجو غائم والرصد متعذر" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Monday 8 July 2013 (29 Shaban 1434 AH) many people from throughout the UK have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Shaban after sunset. None of the groups were able to sight the Hilal even though many places had clear sky conditions. 

We have not received any reliable sighting report (Muhaqaq-Ruyat-Basari) from east of the UK/Morocco either. Both the Jamiat-e-Ulama South Africa and Morocco Awqaf Ministry have reported negative sightings. 

Therefore, the Wifaqul Ulama have decided that the month of Shaban 1434 AH will complete 30-days and the month of Ramadan 1434 AH will start from Wednesday 10 July 2013 (i.e. night of Tuesday 9 July 2013), Insha-Allah.

Note: We congratulate the Saudi Supreme Court for deciding the start of Ramadan a day after their official Ummul Qura date, which clearly does not match the visibility of the moon, as stated on the Ummul Qura calendar website (English).
http://www.ummulqura.org.sa/president_address.aspx" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد ميلاد إرشاقي "On the evening of Monday, July 8, 2013, group of about seven brothers area went out to a high point in San Diego, California (USA) overlooking the western horizon to seek out the hilal of Ramadan. For a period of about 30 minutes after Maghrib, we attempted to sight the moon, but could not see it." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "The western horizon was mostly cloudy.  I arrived at my sighting location at 8:45 pm EDT (sunset: 8:44 pm) and stayed there past moonset (moonset: 8:48 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The New Crescent of Ramadhan 1434 AH was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory Surakarta Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia. We are about 200 persons from mualimin Solo Raya. Indonesia Government declae that Syaban will completed anda 1 Ramadhan will be on Wednesday, 10 July 2013.

Marhaban yaa Ramadhan.. :-)" 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور محمد حسين   أحمد "The new moon was not sighted from Brunei in the evening of Monday, 8 July 2013 as expected. This was officially announced through the National TV and Radio stations. Therefore, tomorrow, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 is the completion of 30 days for the month of Shaban. Hence, the 1st of Ramadan 1434 in Brunei will commence on Wednesday, 10 July 2013.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Muslims across the world a very blessed Ramadan. " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز أنيانج "The new crescent for Ramadan 1434 AH cannot be seen anywhere in Ghana based on the astronomical calculations for Ghana.  Let us hope there will not be a false witness of the sighting of the new moon in any of the ten regions from Ghana especially from the Ashanti region, Kumasi." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي " The government was officially announced on TV and radio that the 1st of Ramadhan 1434 will be on wednesday 10 July 2013. " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد صموال جبريل "It's was raining so it was impossible to try sighting the crescent" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قمر الدين محمد "it was overcast here in Ilorin and some other places like abuja, Ibadan and lagos. No positive result from all of those place" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيدة بسمة ذياب "The crescent was seen by the binocular easily nearly with sunset...once the call for Maghreb prayer was heard. There were 12 persons ( from the Jordanian astronomical society and some friends ) at the site of the observation ( west of Amman ) with clear sky. It was a chance to have a stargazing too...Ramadhan mubarak for you all :-)" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين الشيخ عيسى "more than 70 people from Ghardaia south Algeria have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Ramadhan 1434 in N'tissa station uesed Several Binoculars; The western horizon was partly cloudy and clear; the sun set Behind clouds at 19:43; the new crescent was seen with Binocular (7*50) For the first time  at 19:55 (Time that is supposed the sunset) and with a telescope; Then later seen with the naked eye by some observers, Takabala Allah EL siam wa EL kiam." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد الواحد  ديليه "In the day of tuesday 09 july 2O13
i tried to sight the new crescent of ramadhan by the naked eye .
the age of moon was 37H 25M 
elongation was 16° 41 m
illumination  2.1% 
i was thinking that i can see the crescent easily because i saw the waning one of rabiaa awal which was 1.5% of illumination, but the difference of temprature and TOD was very large for this me and my friends did not see the crescent.
I recorded a video for the sighting   and i'll publish it in youtube inshaa allah." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد إبارهيما لو "Seen by others " 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد أبو عمار  مانجورانجو "The crescent was seen by Muslims in Sanga-Sanga, (latitude 5deg 1min N, longitude 119deg 46min E),one of the islands in the Tawi-Tawi province at the western edge of the Philippines. Here Moon sets at 7:01. and Sun sets 6:18. The sighting was reported to Maulana Taha Abdullah of Marawi City by the local Mufti who had investigated the sighting circumstances at the low-lying islands near the Malaysian border. " 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "I had to drive 60km to get away from some clouds, only to find new clouds near the horizon. Still, as the crescent was quite wide, i had a good chance of finding it in the gaps. My family had joined me and the kids started to play in the fields, while papa "did his crescent-thing" again. The imaging system could track the crescent for 70 minutes till just before sunset, when the crescent vanished behind some trees. I tried several times to see it visually with a pair of 12x50 binoculars and the visual part of the imaging system, but the weather was just to bad. The imaging system did its work well despite the continously changing conditions and i hardly had to touch the system during the whole observation." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "The western horizon was partly cloudy.  I arrived at my sighting location around 7:35 pm EDT (sunset: 8:44 pm).  Using a pair of binoculars (7X50), first, I sighted Venus at 7:43 pm.  At 7:50 pm, I sighted the crescent through the binoculars.  The crescent was very thin with the horns approximately at 2:00 and 5:30 O'clock (2:00;4:00;5:30).  The picture of the western horizon was taken right after the disappearance of the crescent behind the clouds.  Since the clouds were rolling in, I left the location prior to sunset (moonset: 9:24 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "Today, 9 JuLy 2013 the new crescent of ramadhan 1434 AH was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory because the sky was totally cloudy." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس سيد  رستامي "The crescent was seen in daylight time by telescope hardly." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "On Tuesday evening, Many hundred persons (Members of jamia-tur-Rasheed and my friends) tried to sight the moon at more than 59 places countrywide but could not sight. Many places were clear or little hazy. Negative sighting also announced officially and announced that Wednesday is 30th Shabaan and Thursday is 1st Ramadan 1434.
Ramadan Mabrook" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد ظفار شريف "Alhamdulillah, the blessed crescent was seen and confirmed at 6.40pm. Local sunset time 6.20pm.
Ramadhaan Kareem" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز أنيانج "As at our local sunset time (6.19 pm), the new crescent had not appeared due to the rays of the sun.  It was seen by many around 6.22 pm and I myself saw it around 6.35 pm.  As reported yesterday of the possibility of a false sighting from the Ashanti region (Kumasi) of Ghana, it was reported that it was seen yesterday Monday July 08 at 5.40 pm, i.e. before our local sunset time of 6.19 pm! Some fasted based on the false announcement that was broadcasted without first crosschecking with the National Hilal Committee. May Allah help us if our leaders will accept sighting of the new crescent  almost 40 minutes before the sun sets and announces for the commencement of 1st Ramadan on 30th Shaaban." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد عبدالكريم "تمت رؤية الهلال بواسطة كاميرا Sony DCR-SR60 وتم توثيق ذلك بمقطع فيديو سيتم رفعه لاحقا على صفحة رؤية https://www.facebook.com/visionthemoon" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "The hilal of Ramadhan was seen from Al-Khawarizmi Observatory at Tsnjung Bidara, Melaka." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد يونس  يعقوب "There was a very poor visibility today 09th and yesterday 08th July 2013. We have received Naked eye sighting from Kurgwi town of Quan-Pan LGA of Plateau state by Mallam Bukhari and many others.  

The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs under the able Leadership of His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa'adu Abubakar III has declared Wednesday 10th July to be the 1st of Ramadan.

RAMADAN MUBARAK!!!!  " 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "I however received many calls of sighting the crescent in Kaduna metropolis." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قمر الدين محمد "the new hilal was easily seen here and some other part of ilorin city, and lagos" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "The weather was bad at home, with fog and a cloudbank to the east. I drove 60km to the north to find better weather but could not escape the strong haze. I tried for more than half an hour to find the crescent with a small lens and the imaging system, but did not succeed. Only later, when using  the telescope optics was it possible to image the crescent, after it had risen above the worst haze. This was half an hour AFTER local sunrise. The crescent was rather faint on the screen. I could not see it visually through the same optics, also not through 12x50 binoculars." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The Old Crescent of Shaban 1434 AH was SEEN from Assalaam Observatory on Sunday 7 July 2013. We are about 4 persons. Taufiq Hidayat, Indra Setyawan , Bahrul Hidayat K and Me.

We also captured the hilal on Video as link bellow:
http://youtu.be/LdcH0Btyv4Q" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "The old crescent of Syaaban 1434 was seen from my observatory at Jasin Melaka." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ساني  مصطفى "Monday is day 28."