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Can You See the Milky Way from Sedona?

Good news for Sedona: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 26° 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 · SEDONA
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height26° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by12:25 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 6%

Core altitude computed for Sedona (34.9°, -111.8°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Sedona

Core season hereRoughly May to August, best around June.
Dark by8:50 PM
Until5:15 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 Sedona.

Sedona right now

SKY · TONIGHTEverything up over Sedona tonightEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over SedonaSKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over Sedona

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

More sky over Sedona

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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 Sedona in real time.

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