UK astronomy professionals have actually released a listing of local times the moon will certainly show up either tonight or tomorrow forRamadan In a lot of the globe, Muslims will certainly require a telescope to see the brand-new crescent moon. However, if it is not noticeable tonight with the nude eye, it will absolutely show up tomorrow.
As an outcome, this mightpush the date to March 2 Morocco bases its day just on naked-eye discoveries, making the March 2 beginning day very likely there. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia established the day for March 1 – read more about Saudi’s moon sighting here.
LIVE: Ramadan 2025 date announced in Saudi with UK sighting possible soon
FIND OUT MORE: Best food to eat for suhoor to lose weight during Ramadan named by nutritionists
To keep an eye out for the new crescent moon yourself, in London, sundown will certainly be 5.40 pm and moonset will certainly be 6.29 pm today (Friday, February 28). For tomorrow, when it will certainly be conveniently noticeable, sundown will certainly be 5.54 pm and moonset will certainly be 7.58 pm. A complete graph of cities and times from the HM Nautical Almanac Office can be discovered listed below.
The more than likely days for the initial easy naked-eye sightings of the month at an offered place are shaded pink in the table listed below. Sightings that might need excellent problems are shaded khaki and those needing optical support are shaded brownish.
The HM Nautical Almanac Office claims: “Telescopic sightings of the crescent moon with small, conventional amateur-sized telescopes are possible on Friday, February 28th, from as far east as westernmost parts of the Saudi Peninsula, eastern and central parts of Africa and western parts of Europe including the United Kingdom and Ireland (except Scotland).
“Optical help might be required to discover the crescent moon the very same day from north and western components of Africa and main components ofSouth America Sightings with the nude eye under superb problems must be feasible from western components of Africa, the north Atlantic area, the majority of the north component of South America and north Canada.
“Easy sightings the same day should be possible from the northernmost parts of South America, Central America, the United States, western Canada and the Pacific Ocean region to the east of the International Date Line.”
