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The sighting of a crescent moon determines the beginning of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. Here's when to see the "Ramadan moon" in the post-sunset sky.

You might already know that roughly a quarter of the world’s population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers’ dawn-to-sunset ...