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Crescent Moon Visibility for Eid al-Fitr 2022

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Summary

The visibility of the new crescent moon for April/May 2022 (lunation number 1229) and the start of the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr is shown in the table below. We have included Mecca (with timings in Arabian Standard Time – AST or GMT+3 hours) and Rabat (with timings in Western European Time – WET between March 27^th and May 8^th) for reference as well as a number of cities across the United Kingdom. Times of sunset (SS) and moonset (MS) in British Summer Time (BST) are provided. Offsets from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) are also given. The entry **:** indicates the setting phenomenon takes place the following day.

The instant of new Moon takes place on Saturday April 30^th 2022 at 20:28 UT / 21:28 BST. No sightings of the crescent moon are likely on Saturday April 30^th on a global basis. A telescopic sighting is possible on Sunday May 1^st from parts of the Middle East as is a sighting using optical aid to find the crescent moon from the northern half of Africa and parts of the United Kingdom. Sightings are possible with the naked eye under excellent conditions on the same day from north-western Africa, the northern half of South America and northern parts of Canada. Easy sightings, again on the same day, are possible from the Caribbean region, Central America, the United States, north-westernmost parts of South America and the eastern half of the Pacific Ocean region. Naked-eye sightings are likely almost globally on Monday May 2^nd and Tuesday May 3^rd. More detailed descriptions are given below.

For those observers in the Middle East, sightings of the crescent moon with optical assistance are possible on Sunday May 1^st. Sightings under excellent conditions are possible from north-western Africa on the same day. Easy sightings are likely on Monday May 2^nd and Tuesday May 3^rd from the Middle East, Africa and the United Kingdom. Sightings requiring optical assistance or the use of a telescope at selected locations are shaded in the table below whereas sightings which may require optical assistance are shaded thus. Similarly, sightings which require perfect conditions to make a naked-eye sighting are also shaded thus. The most likely dates for the first naked-eye sighting of the month under average conditions at a given location are also shaded in the table below.

Visibility of the New Crescent Moon from selected locations

New Crescent Moon Visibility Maps for April/May 2022

1) – Saturday April 30^th 2022: The New Moon conjunction has not yet taken place within the purple diagonal-striped area encompassing countries east of longitudes of a line running from 10° west and 60° north and 60° west and 60° south. It should also be noted that the Moon sets before the Sun in the light brown-shaded area covering most of the globe with the exception of most of the Americas. Telescopic sightings of the crescent moon with small, conventional amateur-sized telescopes as well as sightings with the naked eye are also extremely unlikely on a global basis.

2) – Sunday May 1^st 2022: A telescopic sighting of the crescent moon with small, conventional amateur-sized telescopes is possible from as far east as the western part of Iran, the north-western Indian Ocean region, parts of central and eastern Europe, parts of southern Africa and small parts of central southern South America. Optical aid may be needed to find the crescent moon from the western part of the Arabian peninsula, most of Africa except the southern part, parts of the United Kingdom, northern Canada and southern central parts of South America. Naked-eye sightings under excellent conditions are possible from north-western Africa, Canada and northern central parts of South America. Easy sightings are possible from most of the United States, the Caribbean region, Central America, the north-western part of South America and the eastern half of the Pacific Ocean region.

3) – Monday May 2^nd 2022: The crescent moon should be easily visible on a global basis with the possible exceptions of south-eastern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand where excellent conditions or optical assistance will be required to make sightings. Easy sightings should be possible from the Middle East, Africa and the United Kingdom in particular.

To download a pdf version of one of these crescent moon visibility maps, please click on the relevant map. Visibility maps for the interval covering 1990 to the present are also available on our CrescentMoonWatch web site.

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