وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مارتن إليسياسر "Bad conditions, lots of clouds and haze. Clouds moving all the time, insects and other stuff. 

After 40 minutes of searching and waiting for a proper gap, checking focus and alignment again and again, finally a faint vision. The software/camera had to stare for several seconds to get a clear enough image.

" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مفلح عدنان "The sky was very clear but unfortunately the crescent was not seen. " 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "I attempted to sight the 11 hrs old moon of Shaban from a high building after sunset and was unable to see it. Unfortunately, I was unable to join the hilal sighting group outside the Dammam city today 18/5/2015, but they didn't see it either." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ايوب علي باتيل "At the time of sunset 6.40pm abha time the western sky was cloudy and visibility was hazy. however a small window did open up in the clouds to witness sunset. goolge sky map showed the moon crescent to be completely dark (too young to form a crescent) and setting just a few minutes after sunset.  So the crescent moon was not seen and was not to be seen from this location on this evening from this point in Saudi Arabia.

The Ummul Qura preset timetable shows however that Rajab has 29 days and tomorrow the 19th of May is the first of Sha'baan based on their criteria of moon set after sunset. 

Two photos are attached one showing sunset and the other a few minutes after sunset." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "I arrived at my sighting location (Blacksburg Middle School) at 8:43 pm EDT (sunset: 8:25 pm).  Soon after, using a pair of binoculars (7X50), I started scanning the partly cloudy and hazy western horizon with no success.  I ended the session at 8:54 pm (moonset: 9:03 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Monday, 18 May 2015, the new crescent of Shaban 1436 AH was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, The Modern Boarding School of Islam ASSALAAM, Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia because the wes horizon was partly cloudy." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين  جانقربانی "“In the name of God”
Sha'ban Crescent Observation Report
Astronomy and Geophysics Center of Shahreza – The Crescent Association of Shahreza
Report by: Hossein Janghorbani (Najmosepehr-Sadrolmonajemin) – Manager of Shahreza Crescent Association and Red Crescent’s Astronomy and Geophysics Center
Date: Monday, 05/18/2015
Location: Damzad Mountaintop beside the historic Tower Senbandy in the East of Shahreza (latitude: 32 00 N, longitude: 51 52 E, elevation: 2325m from sea level, time zone: +4.5 GMT)
Equipments: one sets of 15*70 , one compass.
Atmospheric condition: Hazy in western horizon.
Horizon obstacles: 0°
Apparent sunset: --
Actual sunset: 19:54
Results: The crescent moon was not seen because of the Hazy in the western horizon.
Observers:
1. Sayed Farzad Alavi. 2. Hossein Janghorbani
" 

وقال عضو المشروع الأستاذ دكتور محمد سالم البوسعيدي "The weather condition was not good. The atmosphere was cloudy and hazy. As such the crescent was not sighted." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد بابا عبد الله "Date of sighting effort; Monday 18TH May, 2015. The crescent was NOT seen in this location. I  was at the sighting post from about 18:08 to about 18:53 but I did not see the crescent. The sky was largely cloudy. As at 17:40 local time, the sun had already disappeared behind the clouds which covered the western horizon. I actually did not expect to see the crescent since age of moon after conjunction (as at sunset in Tamale) was only about 14 hours, with a moon lag time of about 30 minutes. Sighting community; Tampei-Kukuo Yepalsi, (near Bi-Water reservoir), Tamale." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد المغربي "بداية شهر شعبان في ليبيا هو يوم 19 مايو 2015 ." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور عثمان النافطي "A group of us numbering 6 tried to sight the Sha'aban crescent after sunset.  However the western horizon was fairly cloudy so it was not seen.  According to Accurate Times visibility curves our location falls within the region where the crescent could only be sighted using optical aids implying that even if the horizon clear the visibility to naked eyes would be extremely difficult.  Reports from several other locations in the country also gave negative results.  We shall notify ICOP on the official 1st day of Sha'aban in Nigeria as soon the Sultanate Office issues the statement in that regard.
Salams.
Usman El-Nafaty" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد قمر الدين محمد "The new hilal of shaban was not visible here" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد يونس  يعقوب "the condition is not favourable even for optical aid sighting" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيدة بسمة ذياب "With a team of 30 pupils at Al-Khamael School,we ( The Jordanian astronomical society members ) have organized a star gazing night. This activity included observation of the sun spots, then sighting Venus and Jupiter. Then after Sunset, it took us nearly 15 minutes to see the crescent of Sha'aban. It was so thin within the haze zone so we saw it first by binocular before we could see it by naked eyes. This photo was taken by Mohammad Reihan.
" 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور أيمن آل-ليلى "وقد تم التقاط الصورة باستخدام عدسة جوال Galaxy SIII" 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس قمر الدين "I was expecting to easily see the 35 hrs old Hilal from Dammam (Saudi Arabia) after sunset, but the sky was totally cloudy so I was unable to see it." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس مفلح عدنان "The sky was very clear, but in the horizon there was little bit hazy. The crescent was seen very beautiful by naked eye as very thick half circle line. It was very difficult to capture the crescent by mobile phone camera, that is why the picture attached here is not clear enough." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور جواد تورابنيجاد "I arrived at my sighting location (The Blacksburg Middle School) at 8:19 pm EDT (sunset: apparent about 8:20 and actual at 8:26 pm).  Using a pair of binoculars (7X50), I scanned the mostly clear western horizon.  My first binocular sighting was at 8:21 pm.  The crescent elevation was about 14 degrees.  Soon after, the crescent was seen with naked eye.  The horns were at 2:00 and 7:00 O'clock (2:00;4:00;7:00).  I left the area before moonset (moonset: 10:02 pm)." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The new crescent of Shaban 1436 AH was SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia, on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 before Sunset. The crescent was seen on 17:12 LT, and the Sun sets on 17:26 LT.

We are the members of CASA (Club Astronomi Santri Assalaam) and the students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The new crescent of Shaban 1436 AH was SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia, on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 after Sunset. 

We are the members of CASA (Club Astronomi Santri Assalaam) and the students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد حسين  جانقربانی "In the name of God
Sha'ban  Crescent Observation Report
Astronomy and Geophysics Center of Shahreza – The Crescent Association of Shahreza
Report by: Hossein Janghorbani (Najmosepehr-Sadrolmonajemin) – Manager of Shahreza Crescent Association and Red Crescent’s Astronomy and Geophysics Center
Date: Tuesday, 5/19/2015
Location: Damzad foothills in the East of Shahreza (latitude: 32 00 N, longitude: 51 52 E, elevation: 1825m from sea level, time zone: +4.5 GMT)
Equipments: two  set of 15*70, one sets of 25*100 binoculars, one sets of 20*80 binoculars ,  one compass.
Atmospheric condition: Clear.
Horizon obstacles: about 2.5°
Apparent sunset: 19:42
Results: Moon crescent was seen by 15*70 binoculars by Hossein Janghorbani at 19:20, for the first time. Other group members observed crescent by   binoculars subsequently. Other group members observed crescent by naked eye.

Observers :
1-Zahra Tahani 2-Roghayeh Krimi 3-Ensieh Javeri 4-Fatemeh Haddad 5-Naiemeh Sadat Saniee 6-Talat Taheri 7-Tayebeh Shafiee 8-Zahra Fallahi 9-Nazanin Piroozmandan 10-Zahra Farokhpoor 11-Fatemeh Tavakoli 12-Ziba Hafar 13-Masoomeh Hafar 14-Zinat Ghermezi 15-Monizheh Ansaripoor 16-Zahra Kaffash 17-Zahra Ghoreishi 18-Zahra Malekian 19-Shahnaz Same 20-Maryam Bagherpoor 21-Simin Farsi 22-Ahmad Eslami 23-Ali Janghorbani 24-Hossein Janghorbani 25-MohammadJavad Nikeghbal 26-Sayed Farzad Alavi 27-Sayed Abolfazl Kahangi
" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد عبد الرحمن رزين "Alhamdulillah!The crescent was sought at Kinniya in the eastern and at Putttalam in the N.western at 6:35 pm. later on it was seen by me and 10 ulama's at above prescribed details." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد نولار باري "
   Assalamualaikum W R W B.
Today 29th. of Rajab 1436H.(19/05/2015) though its a rainy evening in Colombo the Moon was sighted in several places es in the country after Mahrib. Hence our Colombo Grand Mosque Hillal Committee made an announcement in the local media to start the First day of Shaban 1436H "In Sha Allah" on Wednesday 20th May 2015.

Nular Bary.(member of C.G.M.H.C.)" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد بابا عبد الله "Date of sighting effort; Tuesday 19TH May, 2015. The crescent was SEEN in this location. I first saw the crescent around 18:25 with a 3 to 7 o’clock kind of orientation, per my observation. With 38 hours after conjunction as at sunset in Tamale, I was quiet sure that I would see the crescent very easily, and rightly so. Moon lag time too was good enough for sighting, about 1 hour and 27 minutes.  Sky condition was clear with small traces of thin horizontal clouds. Sighting community; Sagnerigu, Tamale." 

وقال عضو المشروع المهندس محمد عبدالكريم "كانت رؤية الهلال متيسرة للجميعوأرفق لكم صورة الهلال كما تمت مشاهدته." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد يونس  يعقوب "In Bauchi town there exist heavy cloud at the western sky making sighting impossible. However, there was a positive sighting report from Kauran Namoda of Zamfara State by Mallam Ibrahim Abdullahi and five others names are as follows: Mallam Nuru Yahya, Malami Sambo, Rufa'i Fadlu, Zailani Sidi and Jalalu Marafa. there was also a positive sighting from Gombe." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور عثمان النافطي "The western horizon was totally cloudy here hence it was not possible to see.  But many observers from neighboring and distant locations reported sighting the crescent easily. The Office of the Nigerian Sultanate has also issued statement that Wednesday 20th May 2015 is the first of Sha'aban 1436." 

وقال عضو المشروع الدكتور ايوب علي باتيل "Salams  Attached photo of Rajab month waning crescent from ABHA Saudi Arabia" 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "The old crescent of Rajab 1436 AH was very easy seen on Saturday, May 16, 2015 from Assalaam Observatory, PPMI Assalaam Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia.

This picture was taken by my female student, Hibah Al-Izzati as member of CASA - Club Astronomi Santri Assalaam." 

وقال عضو المشروع السيد سوجنج  رياضي "On Sunday, May 17, 2015 the old crescent of Rajab 1436 Ah was NOT SEEN from Assalaam Observatory, Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia. The east horizon was cloudy."