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Dubai: The month of Sha’ban will start on March 15, according to Islamic scholars, and serves as a reminder that Ramadan is just around the corner – 30 days, to be exact.
Astronomy experts said they expect the month of Sha’ban to be 29 days long, and through their calculations, Ramadan is then due to fall on April 13, 2021.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said that the Ramadan crescent is expected to form on April 12, 2021, at 6.31 pm UAE time.
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On Sunday, the International Astronomy Centre (IAC) posted a photo of the crescent moon, which was spotted in Abu Dhabi at 9 am on Sunday.
Sha ban is the Islamic month that precedes Ramadan in the Hijri calendar
A cannon is fired at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, to mark the beginning of iftar in 2020. Victor Besa / The National
A Ramadan decoration at one of the bridges on Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Street in Ajman. Pawan Singh / The National
Hundreds of packets of cooked food provided by Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh temple in Jebel Ali for the needy are distributed by Markaz volunteers before iftar at the Naif area of Deira, Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
Volunteers in Fujairah prepare food to be handed out at iftar. Antonie Robertson / The National
The rare occurrence lit up the evening sky for about 4 seconds. A fireball streaked across the Abu Dhabi sky on Friday evening. According to the International Astronomy Centre (ISC), it was spotted at 6.32pm and lit the evening sky for about four.
Look: Mysterious fireball spotted in UAE skies
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Photos: @AstronomyCenter/Twitter
The rare occurrence lit up the evening sky for about 4 seconds.
A fireball streaked across the Abu Dhabi sky on Friday evening. According to the International Astronomy Centre (ISC), it was spotted at 6.32pm and lit the evening sky for about four seconds.
It was detected by the ISC s UAE Meteor Monitoring Network. The centre is analysing whether a part of the fireball reached the ground.
Fireball is another term for a very bright meteor.
In March 2019, a fireball was spotted in the UAE sky.
Mohammed Shawkat, Director of the ISC, had told Khaleej Times then that the meteor was travelling at a speed of 67,000km/hr when it entered the Earth s atmosphere.