Arabia Weather | The crescent of Dhu al-Hijjah was born this morning, and the chances of seeing it after sunset are high

Written By سنان خلف on 2023/06/18

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and many Arab and Islamic countries are investigating the crescent of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah this year after sunset on Sunday, June 18, 2023 AD, with the aim of determining the date of entering the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day of standing at Arafah, and the date of Eid al-Adha.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>When does the month of Dhu al-Hijjah begin?</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><u>Astronomical calculations indicate that the crescent of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah was actually born today, Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 07:37 am, Mecca time.</u></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On this day, the sun will set in the capital, Riyadh, at 6:45 minutes, followed by sunset at 7:15, meaning that the moon will remain on the horizon after sunset for 30 minutes, with an age of more than 11 hours, <u><strong>meaning that the possibility of seeing the crescent will be high.</strong></u></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>When will the day of Arafah be?</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Accordingly, it is expected that Sunday, June 19, 2023 AD will be the first day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, and Tuesday, June 27, 2023 AD will be the day of Arafah, and on Wednesday, June 28, the first day of Eid Al-Adha. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><div itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject" style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"><meta itemprop="name" content="متى سيكون يوم عرفة 2023؟" /><meta itemprop="description" content="متى سيكون يوم عرفة 2023؟" /><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="2023-06-11T15:08:06.000Z" /><meta itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="https://s1.dmcdn.net/v/V0DEE1aXUDMxeAmpA/x120" /><meta itemprop="duration" content="P45S" /><meta itemprop="embedUrl" content="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x8lokni" /><iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="100%" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x8lokni?autoplay=1" style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden" type="text/html" width="100%"></iframe></div>

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