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Can You See the Milky Way from Seattle?

Good news for Seattle: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 13° 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 · SEATTLE
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height13° up
Look towardsouthern sky
MoonLast Quarter · 49%

Core altitude computed for Seattle (47.6°, -122.3°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Seattle

Core season hereRoughly June to July, best around June.
Dark by10:43 PM
Until5:13 AM

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 Seattle.

Seattle right now

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

More sky over Seattle

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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 Seattle in real time.

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