SKY · MILKY WAY · USA
Can You See the Milky Way from Phoenix?
Good news for Phoenix: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 10° above the south-eastern horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.
Core altitude computed for Phoenix (33.4°, -112.1°) during tonight's dark hours.
Milky Way season & the Moon for Phoenix
A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
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 Phoenix.
Phoenix right now
A dark, cloudless sky is everything for the Milky Way — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Phoenixtells you whether it's worth the trip out of town.
More sky over Phoenix
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Phoenix in real time.