Rabi al-Awwal 1448 AH moon sighting: when and where the crescent can be seen
The Short Answer
- The new Moon (conjunction) is on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 17:37 UTC.
- At Mecca the first evening to look is Thursday, 13 August 2026 (Optical Aid Only), then Friday, 14 August 2026 (Easily Visible).
- In the Umm al-Qura calendar, Rabi al-Awwal begins on Friday, 14 August 2026.
- First evening, 86 cities: naked eye 6 · may need optical aid 8 · not visible 72.
- Second evening, 86 cities: naked eye 70 · may need optical aid 3 · not visible 13.
These are astronomical forecasts, not a ruling. When the month begins is decided by each community's own authority and method, and countries can differ by a day.
These evenings have passed. See what observers reported
Forecast by city
| City | Country | First evening | Second evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabul | Afghanistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Algiers | Algeria | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugEasily Visible |
| Canberra | Australia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Sydney | Australia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Manama | Bahrain | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Sarajevo | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Brasilia | Brazil | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugEasily Visible |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Ottawa | Canada | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Toronto | Canada | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| N'Djamena | Chad | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Santiago | Chile | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugEasily Visible |
| Beijing | China | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Bogota | Colombia | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugEasily Visible |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Cairo | Egypt | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Asmara | Eritrea | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Paris | France | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Berlin | Germany | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Accra | Ghana | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Athens | Greece | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| New Delhi | India | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Tehran | Iran | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Baghdad | Iraq | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Rome | Italy | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Tokyo | Japan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Amman | Jordan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Astana | Kazakhstan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugVisible |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Beirut | Lebanon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Tripoli | Libya | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Male | Maldives | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Bamako | Mali | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Nouakchott | Mauritania | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Mexico City | Mexico | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugEasily Visible |
| Casablanca | Morocco | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Rabat | Morocco | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Niamey | Niger | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Abuja | Nigeria | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Lagos | Nigeria | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Muscat | Oman | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Islamabad | Pakistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Karachi | Pakistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Lahore | Pakistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Jerusalem | Palestine | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Ramallah | Palestine | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Manila | Philippines | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Doha | Qatar | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Moscow | Russia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugMay Need Optical Aid |
| Mecca | Saudi Arabia | Thu 13 AugOptical Aid Only | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Medina | Saudi Arabia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Dakar | Senegal | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| Singapore | Singapore | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Mogadishu | Somalia | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Pretoria | South Africa | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Seoul | South Korea | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Madrid | Spain | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | Thu 13 AugOptical Aid Only | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Khartoum | Sudan | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Damascus | Syria | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Dushanbe | Tajikistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Tunis | Tunisia | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Ankara | Turkey | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Istanbul | Turkey | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Abu Dhabi | UAE | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Dubai | UAE | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Kampala | Uganda | Thu 13 AugVisible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| London | UK | Wed 12 AugBelow horizon | Thu 13 AugNot Visible |
| Los Angeles | USA | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugVisible |
| New York | USA | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugOptical Aid Only |
| Washington, D.C. | USA | Wed 12 AugNot Visible | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid |
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan | Thu 13 AugNot Visible | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
| Sanaa | Yemen | Thu 13 AugMay Need Optical Aid | Fri 14 AugEasily Visible |
Forecast at each city's sunset with the Yallop criterion; the weather is not included.