In 2025, Ramadan is expected to fall on the evening of Friday 28 February, ending with Eid Al Fitr on Sunday 30 March — though the exact time depends on the sighting of the new crescent moon.

The Eid holidays, Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha, are determined by the Islamic Hijri calendar, which relies on moon sightings, and shift around the western Gregorian calendar every year. Eid Al Fitr ...

The UAE government has confirmed that we will have at least three official days off for Eid Al Fitr with an additional day if Ramadan is a 30-day month. Many public holidays in the UAE are decided by ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 9, 2025, the moon is 11 days old, in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 91% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Ramadan and Eid ul-Fitr are coming around quickly. The holy month is due towards the end of February or the beginning of March this year. Though there are some early forecasts, moon sightings will ...

The event marks the end of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Translating to the feast of breaking the fast, this Eid falls on the tenth month of the Islamic calendar, Shawwal.

The official confirmation of Eid’s exact dates will be announced closer to the end of Ramadan by the Moon-sighting committee, which includes religious scholars and astronomers. As Ramadan approaches, ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The first full moon of the 2025 called 'Wolf Moon' that seen next to Mars rises over the sky during ... [+] a lunar occultation ...