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Can You See the Milky Way from Moab?

Good news for Moab: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 22° 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 · MOAB
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height22° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by1:30 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 23%

Core altitude computed for Moab (38.6°, -109.5°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Moab

Core season hereRoughly May to July, best around June.
Dark by10:00 PM
Until5:55 AM

A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

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 Moab.

Moab right now

SKY · TONIGHTEverything up over Moab tonightEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over MoabSKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over Moab

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

More sky over Moab

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Milky Way visibility nearby

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SEE IT ON THE MAP

The live sky map shows the day/night line over Moab in real time.

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