The most reliable source for moonsighting for me is moonsighting.com. They are saying that there is no way moon can be sighted on Wednesday anywhere in North America. Hence Eid will be on Friday.
How is it in your local areas?
Let’s use this thread to update on moon sighting for Eid-ul-fitr around the world.
Yep according to moonsighting.com and NASA's projected moon path, moon cannot be seen anywhere in North America on Wednesday, hence Eid will be on Friday inshallah.
In Pakistan it could be either on Friday or Saturday depending on moon sighting.
Umm, we contacted NASA years in advance & they calculate the moon not on a monthly/daily basis but for years to come. It’s a science not an eye sight competition. So, I can tell when my Eid will be even in 2015.
Here we have essentially two major masjids. One is managed by desis and the other by Arabs. The one that is managed by Arabs go by whatever ISNA/ICNA say. The desis follow the Shura Council of California (or something). As long as both agree we don't have a problem. Last year, for Ramzaan, there was a disconnect and ISNA announced start of Ramzaan one day ahead because "a brother and a sister" (who are married to each other), beat all scientific evidence and saw the moon in Austin. Henec we had two start dates of Ramzaan. Miraculously, by the time Eid moon sighting came around, both groups agreed on moon sighting and hence we just had one Eid day last year.
This year Ramzaan started on Wednesday for both groups here. So far so good. Now, absent any antics by "the brother and sister" in Austin, we are in good shape to have just one Eid on Friday. I have a feeling, though, that someone who is not willing to have 30 rozas will see the moon somehow, and we will then have a classic confusion game late on Wednesday evening.
A guy in our Muslim community just started spreading the word that he saw the moon earlier (this night), and therefore, Eid is tomorrow. The funny thing is, it’s a clear sky, and nobody but he is able to see the moon. One of his fellow Muslim employees (they’re doctors) later called up my father and a few others and said that he was obviously making up the sighting of the moon, and perhaps it was because, (coincidentally) Wednesday was the only day he had off rotations or whatnot from his job.
May you all have a blessed Eid day.
I hope it is on Friday. I could ask for nothing more but a 3 day weekend. :rotato: