What you need to know about sighting the moon in Ramadan

Muslims all over the world observe Ramadan, marked by intense fasting from dawn to dusk which finally ends with the hopeful festival of Eid Al Ftr. The month long Ramadan fasting ends with the sighting of the young moon in the sky.

The date of the festival varies from country to country, depending on whether the moon has been seen or not. The Lunar cycle is used to calculate the Islamic Hijri era and this year’s Ramadan will be observed and/or already being observed at a different time across the world, as the moon was not visible in some parts of the country. That has been the case many times in the past, Eid Al Fitr is celebrated on one day in some parts of the country, and on another day in others.

In some Southwestern parts of some continents in the world, the moon was sighted yesterday because Ramzan began a day earlier in these part.