Mr. Hocine Chikh Aissa said: "(33) persons were present in Tafilalt (BEN ISGHEN) and have tried to observe the SHABAN 1433 crescent but it wasn't seen. The western horizon was very hazy. They have used three binocular. other group in N'tissa statin (Ghardaia) have tried to observe the crescent but it wasn't seen For the same reason."

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "A thunderstorm had moved through two hours earlier, dropping a lot of rain. The rain had caused the garage door opener to fail, so i could not get my car to drive to a good location.
I walked to a local bridge with 8x30 binoculars, but the few gaps in the clouds in the western sky were in the wrong places, so i could not see the crescent."

Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi said: "On Wednesday, 20 June 2012 the new crescent was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, Surakarta Cenral Java Indonesia because the sky was totally cloudy.

According to the Indonesia Government (Imkan Rukyah) Criterion, the month of Shaban 1433 AH will start from Thursday 21 June 2012."

Ms. Basma Dhiab said: "There were 14 members and friends of the Jordanian Astronomical society ( JAS )in Wadi seer ( west of Amman )but because of the haze, we couldn't observe the crescent. And because there were some visitors, we used the telescopes to observe Saturn and Titan."

Mr. Firdaus Mazlan said: "On Wednesday, 20th June 2012 M equal to 29th Rajab 1433 H, I with my friend (Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim bin Jamil, Mr. Mohd Hizri bin Md. Aris, Mr. Mohammad Haniff bin Md Yusoff, Mr. Muhammad Zainal Abiden bin Mohamad Hani, Mr. Asmanizam bin Ghani) cannot see the new moon either with telescope or with naked eye at Baitul Hilal, Teluk Kemang, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (02:26:43.0 N , 101:51:16.0 E). It because the horizon is very cloudy. 

So, tomorrow, 21th June 2012 M (Thursday) is still 30th Rajab 1433 H. Howewer, our goverment already announced that tomorrow is 1st Sya’ban 1433 H.

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Mr. Kassim Bahali said: "The Hilal was not seen from Al-Khawarizmi observatory due western horizon was cloudy."

Mr. Alam Sultan said: "Today, on my request, nearly 100 persons ( members of the moon-sighting committees of our institute "JAMIA-TUR-RASHEED" + my friends + their companions) tried to sight the moon all over Pakistan at nearly 22 places but the moon could not be sighted.
It was clear or little hazy at many places.
Note 1: Today (Wednesday, 20 June 2012) the conditions of the moon were so defective, almost in the half inhabited world 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 in Pakistan.
Note 2: Chairman of central official moon-sighting committee of Pakistan "Mufti Munee-bur-Rahman" told me on my mobile phone that as he did not receive any positive report of moon sighting from all over Pakistan, therefore he officially announced that Thursday 21 June 2012 is the 30th Rajab 1433 and 1st Sha’baan 1433 will fall on Friday 22 June  2012.
Note 3: After some days, inshaallah, a detailed report of this observation will be sent to you or available at www.esnips.com/web/moonnewsofjamiaturrasheed"

Mr. Saleh Al-Saab said: "Weather was very dusty , the sun disappeared on (4) degrees altitude >"

Mr. Zaffar Sheriff said: "A challenging crescent of 10degrees altitude at sunset.
Sighting was confirmed about 30minutes after sunset.
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Eng. Mohammad Odeh said: "Started at 09:30 morning local time (UT+4) till about 19:10 local time (Sunset at 19:13) trying to see it by CCD imaging technology, however, due to the haze and humidity we couldn't see it during the 10-hour observation time! We couldn't continue after 19:07 since the telescope was moved by mistake and thus lost the alignment!"

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Wednesday, 20 June 2012 (29 Rajab 1433 AH) many people from throughout UK have attempted to sight the crescent moon (Hilal) of Shaban after sunset. None of the groups were able to sight the Hilal, as most places were cloudy.

However, we have received reliable sighting reports (Muhaqaq-Ruyat-Basari) from both Morocco Awqaf Ministry and Jamiat-e-Ulama South Africa.

Therefore, the Wifaq/Batley Ulama have decided that the month of Rajab 1433 AH will have 29 days and the month of Shaban 1433 AH will start from Thursday 21 June 2012 (i.e. sunset of 20 June 2012), which makes Laylatul Bara'ah/Night of 15 Shaban to be on Wednesday 4 July 2012, Insha-Allah. "

Dr. Javad Torabinejad said: "We arrived at our sighting location around 8:00 pm EDT (sunset: 8:45 pm).  I started scanning the clear spots in a mostly cloudy and hazy western horizon, using binoculars (7X50 and 10X50).  It was at 9:08 pm that the moon appeared in one of those openings about 3 degrees above the horizon, was sighted by the 10X50 pair of binoculars, and soon after was covered by clouds.  It was very thin.  My daughter also sighted the crescent with the 10X50 pair of binoculars.  I tried to sight it with naked eye during the very short time but was unable to see it (moonset: 9:32 pm). "

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "The weather was very bad, thick clouds and lots of haze in between. When things got somewhat better in the afternoon i used a goto-mount to point the telescope at the correct spot and patiently waited for a good-enough gap in the clouds. After one hour of waiting, i could finally spot the crescent through the telescope, using 20x and a red-filter, about 90 minutes BEFORE sunset. The view was of quite low contrast, due to all the haze and moving clouds and only lasted for a few minutes. Later in the evening we got strong thunderstorms again."

Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi said: "On Thursday, June 21, 2012, the new crescent of Syaban 1433 H was SEEN from my backyard of my house in Juwiring Klaten Central Java Indonesia. This is the Hilal of second day on Syaban 1433 AH in Indonesia."

Eng. Seyyed Ghasem Rostami said: ".
The crescent was seen easily in daylight at 12:10 (7:40 GMT).
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Mr. Qamarudeen Muhammad said: "It was very difficult to sigth the New Hilal here due to Cloud however we are able to sighted in mulky cloud"

Mr. Alam Sultan said: "As it was mostly cloudy throughout Pakistan therefore our members sighted the moon only at these places: Jhang, Sahewal, Shekhopora, Ghotki, Swat, Jehlam. Due to heavy clouds I could not sight the moon in Karachi."

Eng. Martin Elsaesser said: "I could not find the energy to rise before sunset, as i had been working on crescent telescopes till after midnight. 
During testing the completed instruments before noon, i could see the crescent around 11:30 local time (UT+2) in daytime, using the visual mode of the telescope (wide angle eyepiece and red filter). The crescent was faintly visible as a thin arc, Venus was far brighter and very easy."

Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi said: "On Monday, June 18, 2012 it's very easy for me, Mr. Muflih Arisa Adnan, and Mr. Taufiq Hidayat to see the Old Crescent of Rojab 1433 AH from Assalaam Observatory. The Moon was seen untill 25 minutes after Sunrise, and also we all saw the Venus and Jupiter. It's very beautiful, subhanallah... :)"

Eng. Qamar Uddin said: "On Monday 18 June 2012 I have tried to sight the waning crescent of Rajab 1433 before sunrise from the eastern horizon, but it was not sighted. The sky was totally cloudy. The waning crescent marks the end of the lunar month as mentioned in the Quran (36: 39)."

Mr. Jim Stamm said: "Thinking that the observation would be trivial, and that the haze from moisture and forest fire smoke would hinder meaningful observations into and beyond sunrise, I did not set up my telescope.

I was surprised not to see the crescent through my 5x25 wide field binoculars.  I did not even notice Venus, until I remembered that it was close by.  The haze made the Mayall telescope dome on Kitt Peak (70 kilometers to the southwest) visible only after it was illuminated by the sun, although I could see the mountain profile easily.

-Jim Stamm"