Hilal: Crescent Moon Sighting app analytics for October 16

Will the new crescent be visible tonight where you are? Hilal answers with three internationally recognised criteria — fully offline, on your phone. Completely free. No ads. No sign-up. No subscriptions. NEW • Sighting-night reminder: before sunset each Hijri month, with tonight's verdict for your city • Tonight live: countdowns to sunset and moonset, and exactly where to look • Your birthday sky: the Moon, planets and stars over your city the night you were born, ready to share • For students: an interactive Moon-phases lesson with a short quiz • Hijri ⇄ Gregorian date converter (Umm al-Qura) CRESCENT VISIBILITY • Three criteria: Yallop (1997), Odeh (2006), MABIMS (2021) • Clear verdict: naked eye, optical aid, or not visible • Moon age, illumination, elongation and lag time after sunset • Altitude chart from sunset to moonset, plus an azimuth compass • Compare visibility across several cities at once AR SKY VIEW Point your phone at the sky and see what's there, labelled over the live camera: • 7 planets — Mercury to Neptune • ~8,900 stars, all 110 Messier objects and the constellations • IGRF-14 magnetic declination correction for accurate orientation HIJRI CALENDAR & MOON PHASES • Hijri calendar with Gregorian dates • New moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter with exact times ANYWHERE • 169 built-in cities across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas • GPS, or enter any coordinates manually SHARE Share a clean result card with family and friends. 6 languages: Arabic, English, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, Hausa Private by design: no accounts, no tracking, every calculation runs on your device. Astronomical calculations are an aid — the official start of the month is decided by the authority in your country.