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The small crescent of Eid al-Fitr is seen in the sky of the Arab world after sunset on Sunday 24 May, moving towards the beginning of the night on the western horizon, and will be easy to see with the naked eye, and is an ideal occasion for photography.
According to the Astronomical Society of Jeddah, the moon will move away from the glare of the setting sun and become higher in the sky than the previous night, and if the observer uses binoculars or only the naked eye, the unlit part of the lunar surface it can be observed shining with a faint light which is sunlight reflected from the earth and falling on the moon.
On the other hand, this night will observe Mercury as a frightened point with the naked eye to the right of the crescent moon, while Venus will be observed with its brilliant glow in the lower right of the crescent moon with respect to the observer.
The moon reached its central conjugation phase on Friday May 22 at 8:39 PM KST (5:39 PM GMT).
Day by day, the lunar disk will become more illuminated as it is heading towards the first square phase, and by observing it over the next few weeks, it will be a guide to determining the position of the visible planets during the nights of Eid.
This period of the lunar month is considered ideal for observing faint objects in the depths of space, such as galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, because the sky is dark due to the absence of the moon or its first sunset, so the light of the moon usually blurs the natural lights in the sky.
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