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Can You See the Milky Way from Vancouver?

Good news for Vancouver: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 12° 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 · VANCOUVER
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height12° up
Look towardsouthern sky
MoonLast Quarter · 49%

Core altitude computed for Vancouver (49.3°, -123.1°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Vancouver

Core season hereRoughly June to June, best around June.
Dark by11:03 PM
Until5:08 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 Vancouver.

Vancouver right now

SKY · TONIGHTEverything up over Vancouver tonightEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over VancouverSKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over Vancouver

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

More sky over Vancouver

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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 Vancouver in real time.

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