What is the conection between the religion of Islam and the changing phases of the moon?

Question

Please help ASAP! this is a history question i got for homework.

Answer 1

islam depends on Arabic months; as to know the days of hajj, month of fasting & so on...
we know the start & the end of an arabic month by the moon: full moon is in the middle of the month

Answer 2

The Gregorian calendar that most of the world uses is a solar calendar. That means its year is based on the solar year, and its months are not directly tied to any particular celestial event.

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar one. That means it's months are based on the phases of the moon (and therefore alternate in length between 29 and 30 days, as one full lunation is 29.5 days). It also uses intercalary months, like a type of leap month in order to keep it's years fairly synchronized with solar years (12 lunar months is about 354 days, 11 days short of the solar year of 365 days).

The Muslim calendar by comparison is a purely lunar calendar. It has months of 29 or 30 days based on the phases of the moon, with 12 of these months to a year, with no attempt to keep the years synchronized with the sun at all. Whether a month has 29 or 30 days purely depends on observation of the moon. If, after sunset on the 29th day of a month, the slim crescent of a new moon is observed, then the next day will be the 1st of the next month. Otherwise, the next day will be the 30th of the current month and the next month will start the day after that.

Answer 3

Both the religion of Islam and changing phases of the Moon
are discussed in detail in books. That is the connection.

Answer 4

Well, the religion of Islam is associated with the crescent moon. Hope this helps.