With no morning prayers at the mosque, no chance of meeting family and friends to celebrate Islam's most important festival, it was never going to be the same this year as people around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam's two major holidays.
Traditionally the festival at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan is marked with communal prayers in mosques, visits to friends and family.
But this year the Muslim Council of Britain encouraged people to celebrate the "festival of the breaking of the fast" begins when the moon rises on the final day of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting virtually due to social-distancing measures brought in during the coronavirus pandemic.
The special Eid al-Fitr prayers are typically among the best attended of the year, and people also mark the occasion by holding parties.
The timing varies from country to country, with some following the moonrise in Mecca and others using local sightings.
After a sighting of the first crescent of the new moon, a three-day festival is held in celebration.
