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Moon Phase Tonight — Cape Town
Tonight the Moon is a waxing gibbous, 86% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Cape Town in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Cape Town (-33.9°, 18.4°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Cape Town right now. A bright Moon (86% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
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 Cape Town that's after 5:35 AM tonight.
Cape Town right now
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The live sky map shows the day/night line over Cape Town in real time.