SKY · MOON PHASE · GREECE
Moon Phase Tonight — Athens
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Athens in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · ATHENS
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:15 AM
Moonset11:25 PM
Computed for Athens (38.0°, 23.7°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Athens right now — it rises at 8:15 AM. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by10:05 PM
Sunrise6:05 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction6%
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
A bright, high Moon drowns out faint stars, nebulae and the Milky Way. The best deep-sky nights are around the new Moon, or when the Moon has set — for Athens that's after 11:25 PM tonight.
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