The crescent moon has a famously lofty place in Arab and Islamic culture. A symbol of transformation, it signals the beginning and end of every month of the Hijri calendar.

The sighting of the crescent moon marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and a celebration called Eid al-Fitr ...

Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...

The Quran was revealed in Arabic and it comprises: 30 sections, 114 chapters, 6,236 verses and 77,432 words. It mentions Ramadan in the second chapter (Chapter 2, verse 185) with the prescribed rules ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

But what is the moon’s significance for Ramadan 2025? We find out. Ramadan happens in the ninth month of the Islam calendar. The sighting of the crescent moon determines the beginning and the ...

The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the crescent by the moon-sighting ... by the Islamic lunar calendar ...

His 9-month-old daughter in tow, Ali watched as local officials joined Muslim residents outside Borough Hall to light a crescent moon fixture, a symbol of the Islamic holy month. The mayor ...