After much squinting, and using a large yellow triangle and protractor to work out where the moon will appear, the anxiety lifts: the moon is sighted, just after sunset. "The crescent has been seen.

Deep in the Saudi Arabian desert, a group of robed men are peering into the sky, trying to spot the crescent moon that ...

Deep in the Saudi Arabian desert, a group of robed men are peering into the sky, trying to spot the crescent moon that signifies the start of Ramadan. Their work is significant: an official sighting ...

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Enjoy the Mars Triangle while it still lasts, for after mid-March it will be no more. We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between ...