Morocco Sets Eid al-Adha Date for June 29, 2023

According to the ministry, the crescent moon announcing the month of Dhu Al-Hijjah of the year 1444 of the Hijri calendar was not observed on Sunday evening (June 18).

As a result, the month of Dhu Al-Qi’dah 1444 H will have lasted 30 days and the 1st of Dhu Al-Hijjah will be Tuesday, June 20, 2023, and Eid Al-Adha will consequently be celebrated on the 10th of Dhu Al-Hijjah 1444 corresponding to June 29, 2023.

The date had already been revealed by astronomical calculations

"The crescent will be too young (between 2:50 pm in Oujda and 3:47 pm) to be observed at sunset on June 18. However, it will be visible from the next day, June 19," Hassan Talibi, a member of the Islamic crescent observation project, had told Médias24. Thus, the 1st of Dhu Al-Hijjah will correspond to Tuesday, June 20. Eid al-Adha will therefore be celebrated on Thursday, June 29, corresponding to the 10th of Dhu Al-Hijjah, he had revealed.