SKY · MOON PHASE · EGYPT
Moon Phase Tonight — Cairo
Tonight the Moon is a waxing gibbous, 86% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Cairo in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · CAIRO
PhaseWaxing Gibbous
Illuminated86% · waxing
Moonrise5:54 PM
Moonset2:59 AM
Computed for Cairo (30.0°, 31.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Cairo right now. A bright Moon (86% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by8:54 PM
Sunrise6:14 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction86%
A bright Moon (86% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
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 Cairo that's after 2:59 AM tonight.
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