Moonsighting for Rabi-al-Thani 1427

Hamza Rijal, (MCW member), from Island of Zanzibar, Africa: Not Seen
On April 28 was 29th of Rabil-Awal. As usual I engaged on searching for the crescent; it was too much haze clouds. I failed to observe and we in Zanzibar complete 30 days. So, 30th of April shall be 1st of Rabiul-Thani.

Muhammed Yasin Qamardeen (MCW member) from Lagos, Nigeria: Not Seen
There are sort of cloud cover at the western sky, so the new crescent is not visible Hilal of Rabiul Thanni was not sighted by me, nor any of our observers across Nigeria due to heavy clouds as reported. Locations are Abuja, Ilorin, Damaturu in Yobe stae, Bauchi city

Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti (MCW member) from Oxford, UK: Not Seen (due to overcast)
Negative sighting. After Maghrib prayers, the two of us attempted a sighting at the end of the 29th day of the preceeding lunar month (Friday, 28 April 2006). As the new moon is expected to be easily visible today given that the minimum conditions for sighting visibility [shurut imkan al-ru'ya] are met, and especially since it is expected to be above the horizon at 11 degrees, the sighting was not attempted at the usual site. Unfortunately, the horizon was overcast [ghaym] and no sighting was possible as a result. Instead, we received news from Morocco that the new crescent was sighted and that the authority there has declared the next day to be the first of the new month. This news is sufficient for us to establish the new month [thubut al-hilal] of Rabi' al-Thani in the UK, so that tomorrow, Saturday, the 29th of April is the first day of the new lunar month and not the 30th of Rabi' I, by default, following the rule in Fiqh: whenever the crescent is sighted during the night in question anywhere in the East, its sighting follows without doubt in the West, but not the other way round.

Javad Torabinejad (MCW member) from Blacksburg, Virginia: Seen
AsSalaamuAlaikum; insha-Allah that you are fine. This evening (Friday, 04/28/06), we sighted the moon in Blacksburg, VA. The first naked eye sighting was at 8:16 (sunset was 8:08 p.m.). The horns were pointing towards 3:15 and 8 :00 o'clock.

AbdurRahmaan Abu Abdullaah (MCW member) from Columbia, South Carolina: Seen
We (2 observers) saw the Hilaal of Rabi` II while driving to our viewing location at Lake Murray tonight, Friday, 28 April 2006. I photographed the 2.1% phase crescent from 20:52 until 21:02 EDT. Therefore, April 29, 2006 will be 1 Rabi` II 1427 for us here in Columbia, South Carolina.

Shahnoor Syed (MCW member) from Chicago, Illinois: Not Seen
Assalamu alaikum, Due to couldiness Hilal of Rabi-us-Sani was not sighted in Chicago, on April 28.

Mohammad Al-Bedaiwi (MCW member) from Austin, Texas: Not Seen
On Friday April 28: Not Seen. It was VERY cloudy with dark clouds all over the horizon. Saturday April 29: I saw it clearly and it was big :)

Gary Peterson (MCW member) from Tempe, Arizona: Seen
I want to let know that I saw the moon with the naked eye at 7:25 MST from Tempe, AZ. It was quite easy to see and the horns are nearly pointing straight up.

Paul Burnham (MCW member) from Chino Valley, Arizona: Seen
I am pleased to report that the crescent moon was observed from Chino Valley, Arizona this evening of April 28. It was initially seen with the naked eye at 1938 MST. Sky condition was amazingly clear, two jet liners crossing the observation zone earlier were located purely by reflected sunlight on their polished metal, no contrails being visible. The Crescent appeared to extend from approximately the 3:00 to 8:30 position. The limits of the illuminated zone were indefinite due to the full lunar disc being visible in the clear air.

Mary Singer (MCW member) from Spokane, Washington State: Seen
The lunar crescent was SEEN from Spokane, Washington. Beautiful warm evening, very clear, Sunset local time was 7:58 PDT. We were out for dinner, but I was able to go outside and see the new crescent with binoculars and then without binoculars at 8:35 pm, PDT. Horns appeared to be 3:00 and almost 8:00.

April 29, 2006 (Saturday):

Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, (MCW member) Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque, Sydney, Australia: Seen
The Hilaal of Rabi'l Thaani 1427 has been sighted on Saturday 29 April,06 in many places in Australia therefore moon sighting committee of Australia and Majlis ul Ulamaa of Australia have declared that the month of Rabi'l Thaani will start from Sunday 30th April 2006.

Rashid Motala (MCW member) from Durban, South Africa: Seen
The Hilaal for R. Thaani has been sighted in several places in SA this evening, Saturday, April 29. It was an easy sighting.

Dr Abdurrazak Ebrahim (MCW member) from Cape Town, S. Africa: Seen
On April 29, the Rabi-ul Thani Hilaal was first observed through binoculars [10x50] at 17h58 local time and then by naked-eye at 18h04. Positive sightings accomplished before sunset. The field of vision was perfectly clear from my sighting station at the Green Point lighthouse in Cape Town..