DUBAI--Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world’s 1.8 ...

Islam follows the lunar calendar, based on phases of the Moon. Ramadan starts in its ninth month. Each year, the month begins around 11 days prior to when it started in the previous solar year.

Found in the collectio (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) The 30-day Islamic festival of Ramadan begins with the first sighting of the super-slim crescent Moon over Mecca ...

The confusion, according to Islamic scholars, stems from the orbit of the moon around the earth which takes up to three days for the whole world to see the crescent for the first time The ...

Ramadan is expected to begin on either February 28 or March 1 next year, about three weeks before the end of spring term for ...