Eid-Ul-Fitr 2024: Shawwal crescent moon sighting in the United Kingdom
With the edges of western Europe slated to experience a partial eclipse tonight, some areas in the British Isles – mostly western Scotland and Ireland – will be able to see part of the moon moving in front of the sun but although the new moon will become visible as a dark circle silhouetted against the blazing surface of the sun, it is the first slim crescent forming around the moon’s edge that observers must report before Eid-ul-Fitr 2024 is declared. According to…