The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has officially declared Thursday, June 26, 2025, as the first day of Muharram, marking the ...

The Islamic New Year, marking the start of Muharram 1447, began on June 25, 2025, following moon sighting in Saudi Arabia.

Because the Hijri calendar is lunar, the dates of Islamic months and holidays — such as Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr — change ...

The Moon passes 7° north of Venus at 5 A.M. EDT. An hour before sunrise the pair is easy to see in the east, nearly 20° high in the constellation Aries. Venus is the brightest point of light in ...

Creature of twilight The waning crescent moon passes near Venus and Pleiades on the mornings of June 22 and 23. As it does, watch for it to thin and sink lower in the eastern sky.

The crescent Moon is now just over 40 percent lit. First-magnitude Saturn is visible to the naked eye, but 8th-magnitude Neptune is not.

Saturn, the moon and Neptune will be at their closest in Earth 's sky at 9:11 p.m. EDT on June 18 (0111 GMT on June 19), at which time the trio will be separated by a mere 2.58 degrees while below ...

June 2025 Strawberry Moon is the lowest full moon in decades. It will appear full for about three days, from June 10 through the morning of June 12.

To all the stargazers, be ready to watch the last full moon of the spring. This entirely rare phenomenon will be visible in the night sky at approximately 3:44 a.m. Wednesday, June 11 is marked as the ...

Although modern astronomers can provide rough dates for when they expect a crescent moon to become visible from specific locations, it's the actual sighting in Saudi Arabia that's critical. The ...

In the western sky after sunset on Sunday, June 29, 2025, Mars will be in a very close conjunction with a 23%-lit waxing crescent moon. The two planetary bodies will be just a fifth of a degree apart.

The full moon rose over the United States on Wednesday, June 11. As summer peeks its head around the corner, so does the first full moon of the season, June's radiant "strawberry moon." Known for ...