وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين الشيخ عيسى "13 persons were prensent in N'tissa station. Rabee Thani Crescent 1431 crescent was seen by naked eyes and by binoculars. membres of club ammi said d'astronomie amateurs" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "Thick clouds all around. No chance." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد بندر البطحي "The clouds covered most of the western horizon area which prevented us from sighting the new moon. Venus was high and clear. However, the clouds were blocking it and other celestial objects most of the times." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Tuesday 16 March 2010 (29 Rabi-ul Awwal 1431 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the youngest crescent moon (Hilal) of Rabi-ul Thani after sunset. People made arrangements to observe from exceptionally high locations with clear western horizons (including Sutton Bank, 1000 ft above sea level).

Unfortunately, the 21 hours old Hilal was not sighted, as most places became totally cloudy after sunset. We have not received any reliable sighting news from countries from East of UK either (including negative sighting Morocco).

Therefore, the Ulama have decided that the month of Rabi-ul Awwal 1431 AH will have 30 days and the month of Rabi-ul Thani (or Rabi-ul Akhir) 1431 AH will start from Thursday 18 March 2010, Insha-Allah.

The Sutton Bank (Thirsk, North Yorkshire) group of 22 observers comprised of the following people.  From Manchester: Maulana Samiruddin Qasmi, Mohammad Bhana, Mohammad Bharmgy, Javed Mami and Imran Samir. From Batley: Maulana Hasib Mayet, Maulana Imran Lunat, Ismail Bhai Lunat and Vashiullah Bodiyat. From York: Shaykh Zubair Ahamad, Salim Amira, Meshal Al-Naseer, Mohammad Al-Rahmawy, Dawood Wlikinson, Moin Uddin and Qamar Uddin. Members of York Astronomical Society included: Martin Whipp, Paul Buglass, Martin Whillock, Philip Holmes, Philip Jennings (and his mother, Mrs Jennings)." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "This evening (Tuesday, March 16, 2010), I sighted the
crescent moon of Rabee' Thani in Buchanan, VA, first by using a pair of binoculars (7X50) and then by naked eye.  I arrived at the sighting location before sunset (sunset: 7:26 pm EDT) and left before moonset (moonset: 8:31 pm EDT).  The first
binocular sighting was at 7:32 pm followed by the naked eye sighting at 7:37 pm (elevation of 7.5 degrees).  The horns were at 4:00 and 8:30 O'clock (4:00;6:00;8:30).  At 7:26 pm, the temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and pressure were 51.9 F, 36.0 F, 54%, and 30.00 in, respectively." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور حسين دشتي "Salam,
My friend, Dr. Saleh Alshamali, and I went to sight the Hilal today, 16/3/2010, in Gainesville Florida.  We were able to sight it with naked eyes.  I was able to see the Hilal with a 10X50 binocular first at 7:45 PM, then with naked eyes at 7:57 PM. 

The Hilal calculations:

- Sunset:  19:38 LT                       T. Moon Age:   +24H 42M
- Moonset: 20:36 LT                       Moon Lag Time: +00H 58M

- T. Moon Altitude: +11°:10':39"         
- T. Elongation:  +12°:33':15"
- T. Relative Azimuth:  +03°:39':41"     
- T. Crescent Width: +00°:00':22"        
- T. Illumination:   01.20 % 
 
I was also able to take pictures of the Hilal by attaching a Canon S90 camera to my Swarovski binocular.
Please see the attached photos

Dr. Hussain Dashti
Gainesville, Florida
USA" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "Today (Tuesday, March 16, 2010 = 29 Rabee-ul-Awwal 1431 in Pakistan), on my request nearly 200 persons (members of the moon-sighting committees of our institute "JAMIA-TUR-RASHEED" + my friends + their companions) tried to sight the moon at more than 30 places all over Pakistan but the moon could not be sighted, as it was expected tonight. Weather was clear at nearly all places.
Note 1: Today (Tuesday, 16 March 2010) the conditions of the moon were so defective in most Asia especially in Pakistan that according to the all old and new criteria of moon-sighting, there was no solid proof in the history of astronomy to sight such a moon by naked eyes.
Note 2: Chairman of central official moon sighting committee of Pakistan mufti munee-bur-Rahman told me on my mobile phone that as he also did not receive any positive report countrywide therefore he announced officially that Wednesday 17 March is 30th Rabee-ul-Awwal and Thursday 18 March 2010 is 1st Rabee-uth-Thani1431 in Pakistan.
Note 3: After some days, inshaallah, a detailed report of this observation in Urdu will be available at www.esnips.com/web/moonnewsofjamiaturrasheed
" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد كهيم حسين "The crescent was NOT SEEN in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados and Grenada after sunset on Tuesday 16th March 10. The sky in the region was partly cloudy. Therefore Rabiiul Awwal completed 30 days. However, the moon WAS SEEN after sunset on Wednesday 17th March 10. Therefore, the 1st night is the night of Wed 17th March 10 and the first day is the day of Thurs 18th March 10. On Behalf of Darul Uloom Moon Sighting Committee
" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قاسم بهالي "I and 40 students from Islamic Science University have did the hilal observation from Al-Khawarizmi observatory. Sighting by telescope Meade LX200 8" but the western sky was cloudy. The hilal was not seen." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عثمان دوكو "It was cloudy therefore we did dot attempt sighting the crescent. Similarly it was cloudy in the other places where we have representatives." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد العزيز  بشير "Wednesday 17 March 2010 the new crescent of the month Rabie Al Thani was by naked eyes in many places. Here Garoowe, the western horizon was mostly cloudy and that is why we could not see it till its setting..." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد علام سلطان "On my request, Today (Wednesday 17 March 2010 = 30 Rabee-ul-Awwal 1431 in Pakistan) many hundred persons (Members of the moon-sighting committees of our institute "JAMIA-TUR-RASHEED" + my friends + their companions) easily sighted the crescent all over Pakistan. Generally, the weather was clear. Thursday 18 March 2010 is 1st Rabee-uth-Thani1431 in Pakistan.
Note : After some days, inshaallah, a detailed report of this observation in Urdu will be available at www.esnips.com/web/moonnewsofjamiaturrasheed
" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "On Sunday 14 March 2010 (27 Rabi-ul Awwal 1431) I have tried to observer the eastern horizon before sunrise for the waning (old) crescent, but was unable to see it as it was cloudy. However, I did see it yesterday (13 March 2010) morning without any problems from above the houses and poplar trees. See attached photos of the eastern horizon with and without the waning crescent. "And (as for) the moon, We have measured for it mansions (to traverse) till it returns like the (shape of) old dried curved date stalk" [Quran 36: 38]"