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Moon Phase Tonight — Brisbane

Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Brisbane in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · BRISBANE
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise9:30 AM
Moonset7:20 PM

Computed for Brisbane (-27.5°, 153.0°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Brisbane right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by5:55 PM
Sunrise6:40 AM
Moon up nowYes
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 Brisbane that's after 7:20 PM tonight.

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