SKY · MILKY WAY · USA · DARK-SKY

Can You See the Milky Way from Bryce Canyon?

Good news for Bryce Canyon: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 23° above the southern horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.

GALACTIC CORE TONIGHT · BRYCE CANYON
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height23° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by1:25 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 6%

Core altitude computed for Bryce Canyon (37.6°, -112.2°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Bryce Canyon

Core season hereRoughly May to July, best around June.
Dark by10:05 PM
Until6:10 AM

The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

The Milky Way is faint and easily lost to light pollution and moonlight. Even when the core is high, you need a genuinely dark sky — well away from city lights — and ideally a night near the new Moon to see it well from Bryce Canyon.

Bryce Canyon right now

A dark, cloudless sky is everything for the Milky Way — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Bryce Canyontells you whether it's worth the trip out of town.

More sky over Bryce Canyon

SEE IT ON THE MAP

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